The District Court Morang has remanded 28 persons to police custody for further investigation into the 33 kg gold smuggling case.
A single bench of District Judge Narayan Prasad Sharma on Tuesday directed the police administration to keep them in custody for investigation. Similarly, he ordered police to release one person on general date and another on bail.
Earlier this morning, police had arrested Chudamani Upreti aka Gore, the alleged mastermind of 33 kg gold smuggling case. He was made public on the premises of Hiome Ministry this afternoon.
Acting on a tip-off, a special police team under the Home Ministry had arrested Gore from Gaurighat, Kathmandu at 5:34 am today.
The 33kg gold smuggled through the Tribhuvan International Airport had mysteriously disappeared from Kathmandu. The smuggling case drew much public attention following the murder of Sanam Shakya, a resident of Urlabari in Morang, on March 2.
Shakya’s was tortured to death in Urlabari on March 2 and his body was recovered from a vehicle (Ba 12 Cha 5963) in Biratnagar the following day. Police said electric shock was the cause of Shakya’s death.
The District Attorney’s Office, Morang, has filed a charge sheet at the Morang District Court against 63 suspects.
Government had formed a committee under Home Ministry’s Joint Secretary Ishwor Poudel to investigate the case.
Poudel-led committee concluded that Upreti and his accomplices smuggled 3,999.6kg of gold since July 2015.
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