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Prachanda’s move comes after former home minister and influential Nepali Congress leader Bal Krishna Khand was arrested on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in the Bhutan refugee scam. Under this scam, Nepali citizens were sent to America by making fake documents of being Bhutanese refugees.
Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Friday vowed to take stern action against those involved in the fake Bhutan refugee scam. Prachanda urged the opposition parties to support his government’s move to expose the corrupt faces behind the scam. Prachanda’s move comes after former home minister and influential Nepali Congress leader Bal Krishna Khand was arrested on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in the Bhutan refugee scam. Under this scam, Nepali citizens were sent to America by making fake documents of being Bhutanese refugees.
According to media reports, an audio tape was released in which former Prime Minister Deuba’s wife Arju Rana Deuba and Khand’s wife Manju Khand are accused of taking lakhs of rupees from the victims of the scam. Prime Minister Prachanda on Friday held a meeting with the opposition Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) led by Ravi Lamichhane and the pro-Hinduist and pro-monarchy Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) led by Rajendra Lingden during which the issue of Bhutan refugee scam came up.
During the meeting, Prachanda said that he was determined to take action against those involved in the fake Bhutan refugee scam. Prachanda assured that the government would honestly and firmly investigate corruption, fake refugee scam and other financial irregularities. He urged the RSP and RPP to support the Nepalese government’s move against exposing the faces behind corruption.
Disclaimer:Prabhasakshi has not edited this news. This news has been published from PTI-language feed.
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