The Kathmandu District Court has allowed those arrested in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugee scam to keep in custody for three more days. The District Public Prosecutor's Office had taken the 16 individuals who were apprehended on different dates to the Kathmandu District Court to extend the remand. Police are planning to submit the report prepared by conducting a 55-day long investigation to the Public Prosecutor’s Office today.

Joint Attorney Achyutmani Neupane said that case will be registered in the Kathmandu District Court by Tuesday after the police submits the report.

Police had started carrying out investigation from March 26 on the basis of the statements given by the victims. Police had prepared the report based on the statements and interrogations taken from various people including the 16 arrested in connection with the scam. The Public Prosecutor’s Office will register the case in the district court after studying the report for 24 hours. Former deputy prime minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, former home minister Bal Krishna Khand, secretary Tek Narayan Pandey, former lawmaker Angtawa Sherpa, Nepal Haj Committee Chairman Shumsher Miya, Bhutanese refugee leader Teknath Rijal, Keshav Dulal, Sanu Bhandari, Tanka Gurung, Sagar Rai, Sandesh Sharma, Sandeep Rayamajhi, son to Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Indrajit Rai, aide of Bal Krishna Khand, Narendra KC, Ram Sharan KC and Govinda Chaudhary are in the custody. Niraj Rai and Pratik Thapa, who were involved in the same case, are on the run. Arrest warrants have already been issued against them. Pratik is the son of former home minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Niraj is the son of Indrajit Rai, who served as the security advisor of former home minister Thapa.