Former parliamentarian shot dead in US Former parliamentarian Prakash Koirala was shot dead by unidentified assailants at convenient store in Texas of United States (US), on Monday. According to reports, the assailants shot Koirala and burnt the store where he had been working for the last few years. His body was almost completely burnt. Koirala was elected as a member of House of Representatives in the 1991 general elections representing Nepali Congress from Sindhuli. Koirala was residing in the US for the last ten years and working at the store of a Pakistani national. nepalnews.com pb Apr 11 06