(updated) A teenager was killed when his friend opened fire here in the district on Friday night. According to police, 18-year-old Keshav Bahadur Thapa was killed when 35-year-old Dem Bahadur Gurung opened fire while they were in the jungle for hunting. Although police reached the incident site soon after receiving information, Gurung is on the run with his family. His brother Kiran Gurung has been arrested for investigation into the case, police said. 

update....... The District Police Officer (DPO), Arghakhanchi, made public a man on Monday in connection to the killing of a man. Police allege that Dem Bahadur Gurung, of Dikura VDC-7, mistakenly shot and killed Keshav Bahadur Magar, 18, of the same place last Friday. Magar died shortly after from the bullet wounds. Gurung had gone into hiding after the incident and was arrested on Saturday evening. According to the police, Gurung had been holed up in the house of his elder sister in Jaluke VDC-1. "We were able to arrest him within 24 hours through our relentless efforts," said DSP Nawa Ratna Poudel, chief of the DPO. DSP Poudel informed that they are planning to charge Gurung with murder and for possessing an illegal weapon. "We are investigating whether the weapon he was carrying was licensed or not." "Although Gurung has claimed that the killing was accidental, it will be determined by investigations," said Superintendent of Police (SP) Sujan Kumar Rajbhandari.