The government has clarified that it will not form a high-level probe committee to investigate the latest gold smuggling case.
At a time when the main opposition CPN-UML has been obstructing the Parliament proceedings demanding formation of a probe committee, the government on Thursday made it clear that it will not form another committee saying that the ongoing investigation will be affected by it.
Saying that the powerful department of the government is investigating the case, government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma said that there is no room for suspicion.
She further said that the government is almost getting to the root of the gold smuggling case, urging all not to affect the investigation in the name of another committee.
“Probably, this gold would not have been seized, had the government not been serious. The Department of Revenue Investigation is the powerful department of the government. We believe that forming another committee will hamper the investigation of the Department of Revenue Investigation,” Minister Sharma said during a press conference organized in Singha Durbar on Thursday.
Saying that the government is committed to reaching the root of the gold smuggling, she urged all not to harbor doubt.
“Whatever the government is doing, it is trying to reach the root of the case. The investigation is moving ahead in an effective way. We have to wait for sometime to see the result,” she said.
