KATHMANDU, MARCH 18
The Nepal Police have arrested Krishna Bahadur Mahara, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives and Vice-President of CPN-MC, on charges related to gold smuggling.
Mahara was arrested today in Kapilvastu and subsequently flown to Kathmandu via a Yeti Airlines flight from Bhairahawa Airport earlier this morning.
The arrest follows the submission of a report by a high-level probe commission led by former judge Dilli Raj Acharya. The commission, appointed by the government, concluded its investigation after five-and-a-half months, presenting its findings to Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane on Thursday.
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Following that the Ministry of Home Affairs issued directives on Sunday instructing police officials to pursue charges against implicated government officials in the gold smuggling case, including Mahara.
Upon arrival in the capital, he was swiftly taken to the Central Investigation Bureau of the Nepal Police in Lazimpat.
