Police have shot dead Kaushal Sahani alias Mr. John, the chief of underground armed outfit Terai Army.

Sahani along with his bodyguard were shot dead by police in Raghunathpur area of Rautahat district on Friday night, say reports.

Sahani has been accused of masterminding several explosions in the capital and elsewhere in the country in the past. nepalnews.com sd Aug 30 08

http://mos.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/aug/aug30/news03.php

Is it the beginning of th end of Terai Violence?  Until now, police were sitting quiet against people like Kaushak, Jay Krishna Goit, Jwala singh .. etc .. now one of them is gone ... will this incident scare the rest of Terai violent outfits?