Parties agree to form high-level inquiry commission to investigate gold smuggling case

The parties have agreed to form a high-level inquiry commission to investigate the gold smuggling case.

A meeting of the nationally recognized parties held in Singha Durbar on Wednesday agreed to form a inquiry commission.

As per the agreement, the government will form the commission on September 22 and it will start the work from the same day.

Meanwhile, the major political parties have signed a two-point agreement to end the House impasse.

The first point of the agreement states that the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police will continue its investigation into the gold smuggling case from the Tribhuvan International Airport on July 18 and the CIB itself will prosecute the people involved in the case.

An inquiry commission will be formed to investigate the gold smuggling cases including the July 18 case in an independent and impartial manner, states the second point of agreement.