by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 20, 2023Despite seemingly strong reservations of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha, a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday transferred five assistant inspector generals (AIGs) of Nepal Police including the one who was leading the investigation on the fake Bhutanese refugee scam. Nepal Police headquarters also sent another proposal to the home ministry on the transfer of six senior superintendents of police (SSPs) who…
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report in The Himalayan Times, Jun 29, 2023KATHMANDU, JUNE 28: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the government’s investigation into fake Bhutanese refugee scam proved that nobody was above the law. Responding to lawmakers’ queries on the budgetary allocation, the PM said from the rostrum of the House of Representatives that there was an impression in society that VIPs were above the law, but the government proved that wrong in the fake Bhutanese refugee…
By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, June 17, 2023The Kathmandu District Court on Friday sent 16 people including former ministers Top Bahadur Rayamajhi and Bal Krishna Khand to jail after a hearing in a fake Bhutanese refugee scam. A single bench of judge Prem Prasad Neupane passed the order after the end of a detention hearing that continued for around two weeks. Deepak Dahal, information officer at the Kathmandu District Court, told the…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, June 8, 2023Lawyers representing the defendants in the Bhutanese refugee scam started a debate on Wednesday questioning the ‘selective’ prosecution in the case. After government lawyers concluded their arguments on Tuesday on whether to remand the defendants in the Bhutanese refugee scam, those representing the defendants presented their arguments. They argued that the defendants have been charged without adequate evidence and only based on the statements of a select few…