An incumbent Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) has been arrested in connection with the 33-kg gold smuggling case.

District Police Office, Morang on Sunday arrested DSP Prajit KC in connection to the smuggling of the precious yellow metal from the Tribhuvan International Airport. DSP KC has been kept under the custody of the Morang police.

DSP KC and Sub-Inspector Bal Krishna Sanjel were among the members of the investigation team deployed by the Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD) to probe the murder of Sanam Shakya of Urlabari, Morang. Shakya, an alleged mule during the smuggling operation, was allegedly brutally thrashed and electrocuted to death following the missing of the smuggled gold that passed undetected through the airport.

The team under DSP KC had reached Morang to investigate the murder.  But after suspicions of irregularities in their investigations, DSP KC, Sub Inspector Sanjel and MPCD Chief SSP Diwash Lohani were recalled by Police Headquarters.

DSP KC on Friday had flown to Biratnagar to register his statement at the Morang District Court during the ongoing hearing on the gold smuggling case.

Likewise, former Deputy Inspector General of Police Govinda Niraula was also arrested on April 22 by a special team formed by the Ministry of Home Affairs to probe the 33 kg gold smuggling case.