In 2080, a case was filed against 30 people, and later another supplementary case was filed against Bechan Jha. Even after 3 years, the court has not been able to resolve the matter.
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The case pending in the Kathmandu District Court on the charge of sending Nepali citizens to the US by making them fake Bhutanese refugees has been scheduled for hearing today in the bench of Judge Khimananda Bhusal.
The case against 31 people, including former Deputy Prime Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, former Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand, former MP Angtawa Sherpa, then Home Secretary Tek Narayan Pandey, and then Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa's security advisor Indrajit Rai, is pending in the court.
While a case was filed against 30 people in 2080, another supplementary case was filed against Bechan Jha in 2081. However, even after 3 years of the original case, the court has not been able to dispose of it.
The case was scheduled for hearing in the bench of Bhusal on Tuesday. Some of the defendants in the crime committed with the connivance of high-ranking officials in power, which tarnished the country's international image, are in jail during pre-trial proceedings, some are on ordinary dates, and some are out of jail after posting bail.
Based on the investigation report of the District Police Range, Kathmandu, on 10 Jestha 2080, a case was filed in court against 30 people, including former Deputy Prime Minister Rayamajhi, former Home Minister Balkrishna Khand, former MP Sherpa, then Home Secretary Pandey, and Rai, security advisor to then Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, on charges of forgery, fraud, organized crime, and crimes against the state.
Out of 18 arrested during the investigation, on 1 Ashad 2080, the bench of then Judge Prem Prasad Neupane had ordered the remand of Rayamajhi, Khand, then Secretary Pandey, and then Home Minister's advisor Rai. Also, Bhutanese refugee leader Teknath Rijal, organized gang members Keshav Prasad Dulal, Sanu Bhandari, Sagar Rai, Sandesh Sharma, Sandeep Rayamajhi, Narendra KC, Govinda Kumar Chaudhary, Ram Sharan KC, Angtawa Sherpa, Chairman of the Haj Committee under the Ministry of Home Affairs Shamsher Miya, and middleman Haribhakta Maharjan are also in remand custody. Tanka Gurung, one of the defendants, was released on bail of Rs 1 million and Laxmi Maharjan on bail of Rs 5 million. The following year, on 9 Baisakh 2081, another supplementary case was filed in court against five people, including gang member Keshav Dulal, on the complaint of Dawafuri Sherpa. The defendant in this case, former Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa's son, Pratik Thapa, was arrested on 14 Ashad 2081, the year after the case was filed. He is also currently in jail pending trial.
During the investigation, another suspect in the refugee case, Bechan Jha, was arrested by the police from the Nepal-India border area of Kanchanpur and brought to Kathmandu. After investigation, another supplementary prosecution case was filed against him on 29 Shrawan 2081. The court then ordered that all three cases be heard together.
