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Police on Thursday arrested Bhutanese refugee leader Teknath Rijal in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugee scam. He was dragged into the case after those arrested in the scam mentioned his name during the statement they gave to the investigators, SSP Dan Bahadur Karki of the District Police Range, Kathmandu said. Police said that Rijal has been taken to the court to extend the remand.

Police on Thursday arrested Nepal Haj Committee Chairman Shumsher Miya in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugee scam. Miya was apprehended from the premises of Singha Durbar this afternoon. He has been taken to the District Police Range, Kathmandu. It has been revealed that Miya used to give the government vehicles of Haj Committee to the people involved in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam. With this, the number of people detained in the fake Bhutanese refugee case has reached 15. So far, police have arrested 15 individuals including former home minister Bal Krishna Khand, his personal secretary Narendra KC, the then home secretary Tek Narayan Pandey, Indrajit Rai, security advisor of former home minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, and CPN-UML secretary Top Bahadur Rayamajhi for their alleged involvement in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam. Police are investigating the case.    

An Indian national died of altitude sickness in the Everest region. The deceased has been identified as Suzanne Leopoldina Jesus (59), the District Police Office, Solukhumbu said. DSP Deepak Shrestha of the District Police Office, Solukumbu said that Jesus, who had come to climb Mt Everest, was airlifted to Lukla from the base camp after she fell sick on Wednesday. She breathed her last during the course of treatment at the Pasang Lhamu Nicole Niquille Hospital at 6 am today, the hospital said.

Revenue amounting to Rs 52.2 million has been collected from the passport service camp that was operated targeting Nepali immigrants facing passport-related problems in Portugal. The month-long camp held in Portugal raised the revenue amount, informed Deepak Adhikari, Non-Resident Nepali Ambassador to Portugal and also the Ambassador to France. A total of 2,308 Nepali people submitted applications for e-passports through the direct registration system. After completion of the process, passports would be distributed to concerned Nepali immigrants through the Consulate of Nepal in Lisbon. A team with technical human resources headed by Passport Department’s Section Officer Ranjeeta Dahal provided the passport service to the needy people in coordination and facilitation of the Honorary Consulate of Nepal in Lisbon. The camp conducted from March 29 through April 25 had collected application forms for new and renewed passports. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal had run the camp, especially for Nepali immigrants facing trouble due to the unavailability of passports and other documents. Ambassador Adhikari shared most of the Nepali immigrants having trouble were benefitted in the camp. “Lately majority of Nepali people bound to Europe enter Portugal through different countries. Nepali people entering Portugal through different ways are increasingly facing problems related to documents for not being able to secure their passport”, he added. “Without passport, no document related process is possible in foreign country. This is more problematic in the country where there is no embassy. Therefore, one needs to adopt cautionary measures to keep their passports safe”, Ambassador Adhikari added.