Min Bahadur Ghale used to smuggle gold into Nepal by contacting Ankit Agrawal: Probe committee (With video)

It has been revealed that Min Bahadur Ghale, who was arrested with 14 kg gold from the Tribhuvan International Airport on December 7, used to smuggle gold into Nepal by contacting Ankit Agrawal of Dubai.

The probe committee formed by the Customs Office of the TIA to investigate the gold smuggling case concluded that Min Bahadur Ghale, Chandra Ghale and Krishna Kumar Shrestha smuggled a total of 138 kg  gold into Nepal.

The committee submitted the investigation report to Tekraj Pandey, Chief Customs Administrator of the TIA Customs Office, on Sunday.

A six-member probe committee was formed under the headship of Customs Office of the TIA Customs Office Maniram Paudel after Min Bahadur was arrested with 14 kg gold from the TIA on December 7.

Out of 138 gold smuggled into Nepal, police have managed to recover only 14 kg gold, the committee said.

According to the report, the TIA staffers were also found to have been involved in taking out the gold from the airport.

The committee said that AC mechanic Radkha Krishna Shrestha of Civil Aviation Office, Gauchar, office assistant Lek Bahadur Tamang, Ramesh Deula, working on contract, assistance Anil Shrestha and plumber Sher Bahadur Basnet had played an important role to take the gold out of the airport.

Once the gold was taken out of the airport, Ramesh Deuba, Radha Krishna Shrestha and Anil Shrestha delivered the precious yellow metal to the house of DB Gurung at Suryadarshan Height in Baniyatar, Tokha Municipality.

It has also been revealed that Min Bahadur Ghale and his friend Jeevan Gurung aka John take the gold to the place mentioned by Ankit Agrawal.

DSP Surya Prakash Subedi of Nepal Police, customs officers of the airport Customs Office Prakash Niraula, Dillu Prasad Sharma, Manju Thapa and Lok Raj Dhungana are the members of the committee.