Gold smuggling case: Who will protect the traffickers?

In the case of gold smuggling, Khanal's business partner, Subupratap KC, has responded by giving 30,000 US dollars. It is mentioned in the statement given to the commission by those who use digital means while abroad. He has given a statement that he gave money to Khanal through a friend of Chinese gold smuggling Nike Dawa Chiring.

'There is a message about a transaction between Casey and one of Dawa's friends. However, to confirm, the banking transactions of Khanal and the said friend have to be seen, for that Khanal needs further investigation. But the commission did not mention Khanal's name in the report saying that they could not establish a direct relationship between KC and Khanal. He was interrogated by the CIB after he was found to be involved in smuggling. However, the Commission has suspected that the CCTV footage of the person present at the CIB for questioning has also disappeared. The Commission has mentioned in the report that the details were not provided by the Home and the CIB. Even though the driver was negligent in the investigation, the CIB submitted a report to the public prosecutor's office on the fugitive list without mentioning the subject of the investigation. Rest of page 7

It is mentioned in the report that in the office of the then SP Thapa of CIB, the person who wrote the statement was released and the paper was also torn later. The CCTV footage of the driver going to give his statement has been deleted. It seems that the statement paper was torn and gave him a chance to escape,” said a member of the commission.

But in the statement given by the defendant before the commission, he has mentioned that he was present at the CIB for 4 hours. "SP Thapa took the statement and got it printed correctly," said the driver in his statement to the commission. But the driver did not give the name of Khanal in the statement. So who is driving the driver? The investigation should start from there," says a police officer, "The investigation should reach from Khanal to other high officials. Whether it is enough or not is the subject of the examination of the current Home Minister, Chief of Police, Chief of CIB. The commission has also shown another basis for running

and establishing the relationship between Khanal. Khanal's friend Subu KC is also involved in the gold smuggling case. The commission suggested that KC should be prosecuted. The commission has found the details of gold smuggling chief Nike Dawa Tshiring giving 20 thousand US dollars to KC. According to the details available on Dawa's mobile phone, KC gave Dawa 20,000 US dollars.

Home Minister Lamichhane said that the government has started implementing the report given by the Commission of Inquiry on Gold Smuggling and the investigation will be carried out thoroughly so that it reaches the right place. Among those found guilty by the commission, we have already prosecuted Dipesh Pun. AIG's responsibilities have been reshuffled. The CIB 3 officer who was negligent in the investigation has also been dragged to the police headquarters. Now the rest of the people are investigated by the relevant agencies. No one will be exempted from the report," he said.

An official said that discussions have started in the Ministry of Home Affairs on how to bring former IGP Khanal and Dheeraj Pratap Singh, who were exempted from investigation and investigation, to the legal sphere. The Commission has recommended that former Inspector General of Police Singh be kept under surveillance. Monitoring and investigating Singh was not a big deal as he had received messages from the Chinese gold smuggler Dawa. But the matter of establishing upper level relationship seems to be more challenging than running it,” said a home official. Even though the home administration sees the challenge, it seems that there has been a conflict between Khanal and Chinese smugglers since 2076. The details of the tussle between Khanal and the Chinese smuggler Dawa's partners have already been made public.

His relationship was with Amala Roka, an absconding accused in gold smuggling, and Shrestha, a hotel owner in Kathmandu. The mastermind behind gold smuggling is the husband and wife of Chinese nationals Daw Chiring and Ro. According to senior police officials, the same group that brings expensive mobiles, laptops, mice, keyboards illegally is gradually becoming active in gold smuggling. At that time, the photo of the then IGP Khanal meeting with Chen Sitian, a Chinese citizen active in the smuggling group, was also released.

Recently, it has been found that the same gang is active in smuggling electronic cigarette vape and gold (61 kg) in Brek Suma. 7 months ago, a commission of inquiry was formed under the leadership of former judge Dilliraj Acharya after the then opposition UML and RSVP blocked the parliament for a month last July, demanding to break the net of powerful officials of political, administrative and security agencies in the case of smuggling of electronic cigarette vape and brake su. However, the Commission has questioned the police for not taking action against Maoist and UML leaders in gold smuggling.

The Commission has stated that some of the actions recommended by the Commission have been started by changing the responsibilities of the police. Departmental action was taken along with changing the responsibilities of the then police officers Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) chief, AIG Kiran Bajracharya, SP Sanjaysingh Thapa, DSP Durga Dahal and Rugam Kunwar, who also worked to delete the evidence of the investigation on middlemen involved in gold smuggling. Although immediate action was taken against the police officers during the implementation of the report, the home and police administration has not given any indication as to how the investigation will proceed before the remaining accused involved in smuggling and the destruction of evidence. In the

report, it is recommended that some should be investigated, some should be prosecuted and some should be prosecuted. Vice President of Maoist Center Krishna Bahadur Mahara, Chinese citizen Terence THC, who runs Waldo Casino in Chaya Center, Deepesh, son of former Vice President Pun, foreign affairs expert/consultant Jeevan Kumar Gurung, Bhimkant Bhandari, owner of Law Lab, Manjil Shrestha, owner of Hotel Vienna, businessman Subu Pratap KC and active in the role of middleman within the police organization. It has been recommended that the lifer be brought under investigation in the case of gold smuggling.

Regarding the mentioned names, although the Commission has clarified the involvement in the case of gold smuggling, it has not been able to establish the previous level. It has been said that the CIB has destroyed the evidence, left no clues and the CIB and the Home Administration have not provided the necessary details, so the commission has not reached the previous level. AIG Kiran Bajracharya, Chief of Central Bureau of Investigation CIB, who was negligent in the

investigation, has been transferred to the police headquarters. The cabinet meeting held on Friday decided to study the report and take the immediate implementation process, and the responsibilities of 4 policemen including Bajracharya have been changed. After Bajracharya's transfer, the Cabinet meeting decided to give the responsibility of CIB chief to AIG Shyam Gyawali.

Also on Friday, the police have prosecuted Dipesh Pun, the son of former president Nanda Bahadur Pun, who was involved in the cooperative fraud and the gold case. Before the Cabinet meeting, Home Minister Ravi Lamichhane submitted the report to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. After the Prime Minister's Commission instructed to initiate action against those found guilty, Home Minister Lamichhane instructed Inspector General of Police Basant Kunwar and Home Secretary Eknarayan Aryal to proceed with the action against the police officers found guilty.

The Commission has recommended that the then Director General of the Immigration Department, Jhalakram Adhikari, be prosecuted. The joint secretary officer is currently the spokesperson of the office of Nepal Trust. Action has been recommended against Vasudev Sharma and Janakraj Ghimire of the Public Prosecutor's Office. A minister said that departmental action will be taken against the employee from the concerned agency.