Probe committee formed to look into recent gold smuggling case
The Customs Department has formed a probe committee to investigate the recent gold smuggling case.
A six-member probe committee was formed under the headship of Man Bahadur Poudel, Director at the Investigation Section of the Customs Department, said Information Officer Punya Bikram Khadka.
The investigation committee has been directed to submit its report within five days.
Director General of the Department Shova Kanta Poudel formed the probe committee today to look into the incident.
The Department of Revenue Investigation had seized around 100 kg gold from Sinamangal on Wednesday.
Six persons have been arrested in connection with the case so far.
Seized gold taken to Taksar Department to determine exact weight (With photos)
The gold recovered from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has been taken to the Taksar Department of the Thapathali-based Nepal Rastra Bank to determine the exact weight.
The Revenue Investigation Department on Wednesday recovered around 100 kg smuggled from Sinamangal.
The Department has so far arrested an Indian national among six persons in connection with the seizure of around 100 kg gold case.
Businessman Deepak Malhotra’s name has also been mentioned in the same case.
Organizing a press conference in the Capital on Thursday, Malhotra made it clear that he is not involved in the case of gold recovered from the TIA.
He said that he is ready to face action as per the law if found guilty.
Police said that the gold, passed undetected through the Customs Office of the Tribhuvan International Airport, arrived in Kathmandu on Tuesday's Cathay Pacific flight.
The yellow metal was brought in Kathmandu by concealing in the brake shoes of motorbikes and scooters.
4 held with foreign currencies from TIA
Police have arrested a person with foreign currencies from the Tribhuvan International Airport on Wednesday.
Anish Thapa (24) of Tulsipur, Tilottama Municipality-9, Rupandehi was rounded up with USD 41, 400, Saudi riyal 119, 500, Omani riyal 1, 357 and Bahrain dinar 308 from the TIA last night.
Thapa was apprehended during a regular security check while he was about to board a flight of Himalayan Airlines to Dubai from Kathmandu.
Police said that Thapa had wrapped the foreign currencies with the plastic inside the luggage and hidden them between the noodles.
During the investigation and interrogation, police came to know that Dipesh Rana (38) of Tilottama Municipality-9, Rupandehi among others had given the currencies to Thapa.
Later, police nabbed Rana and three others while they were staying in a vehicle Bagmati Province-01-027 Cha 6266 from the parking area of Tribhuvan International Airport.
They have been taken to the Metropolitan Police Circle, Gaushala for investigation.
Nearly 2, 000 absconding convicts arrested
The District Police Range, Kathmandu has arrested 1,995 convicts in different dates.
In the fiscal year 2079/80 BS, the Kathmandu Police arrested 1,995 absconding individuals who were sentenced imprisonment and punishment for being involved in different criminal activities.
Spokesperson of the District Police Range, Kathmandu, SP Sitaram Rijal said that the police arrested absconding 1,995 convicts and handed them over to the courts for the execution of judicial decisions.
The court had slapped those arrested with imprisonment of up to 176 years, seven months and 30 days. Nepal Police claimed jail sentence along with over Rs 128.79 million from them, spokesperson Rijal added.
Likewise, as many as 23,590 individuals who have been on the run after being convicted of crime by the courts in different dates are yet to be arrested, the Kathmandu Police informed.
