A case has been filed against CPN (Maoist Center) leader and former Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who was arrested in a gold smuggling case.

The District Attorney's Office filed a case against Mahara at the Kathmandu District Court today.

Prosecutors have demanded a recovery of Rs 85, 528, 374 from him along with maximum prison sentence under the organized crime law.

A team of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police on Sunday apprehended from Lalitpur to investigate the smuggling case of 61 kg of gold hidden in 'break shoes'.

Earlier, Mahara was arrested from Bhairahawa in the gold smuggling case on March 18, 2024.

Later, the public prosecutor’s office on the recommendation of the CIB investigation officer released him on a general date.