Businessman and Vice Chairman of Siddhartha Chambers of Commerce and Industries (CCI), Kul Prasad Neupane has been shot at Siddharthanagar municipality in Rupandehi on Tuesday.

Neupane has escaped the attack unscathed and the police have arrested one individual with weapons from Lumbini road area, informed Rupandehi SP Rabindra Dhanuk.

Neupane was shot while he was at his Gallamandi-based shop at Siddharthanagar municipality-6.