Most Accused in Fake Bhutanese Refugee Case Found Guilty

Kathmandu. Most of the accused in the fake Bhutanese refugee case have been found guilty. The Kathmandu District Court delivered the verdict in this case on Tuesday. Sentencing will be determined on the next date, according to the order of the bench of Judge Tej Bahadur Khadka. On Jestha 10, 2080, a case was filed in the District Court Kathmandu against 30 people including former Deputy Prime Minister and UML leader Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, former Home Minister and Congress leader Balkrishna Khand, then Home Secretary Teknarayan Pandey, former MP Angtawa Sherpa, and former Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa's security advisor Indrajit Rai. The charge sheet claims that Nepali citizens were made Bhutanese refugees according to the plan of an organized gang by preparing documents. In this case, main middlemen Keshav Dulal, his wife Deepa Humagain, another middleman Sanu Bhandari and Sandesh Sharma, as well as Tankakumar Gurung, Mohanraj Rai, Niranjan kumar Kharel, Keshav Tuladhar, who worked in the gang's network, middleman Haribhakta Maharjan, his wife Laxmi Maharjan, Rajesh Aryal, Binita Sabden Limbu, Sagar Rai, Ashish Budhathoki, Sunil Budhathoki, Ramsharan KC, Ashok Pokharel, Govindkumar Chaudhary, Dhiren Rai, Bechan Jha, and Bhutanese refugee leader Teknath Rizal were also charged with the same offense.