Shankar Prasad Koirala, spokesperson for the home ministry, informed that the ministry issued the directive as per the report of the probe committee earlier formed to investigate the police officer´s possible involvement in the currency smuggling. Shrestha was deputy security in-charge at the airport, then. [break]
Koirala also said necessary actions will be taken in the future after further investigation. A day earlier, the police headquarters wrote a letter to the home ministry recommending action against Shrestha.
Earlier, a three-member high level probe panel headed by AIG Bhisma Prasai had submitted its report to IGP Kuber Singh Rana suspecting Shrestha´s involvement in the case. He was then transferred to the police´s Reserve Pool.
Police had arrested Indian national Binod Kumar Soni with nine different foreign currencies totaling Rs 12.4 million on board a Fly Dubai plane at TIA.
The illegal currencies were seized when a man, Milan KC, called the duty officer of TIA claiming that Fly Dubai Aircraft had a bomb which was followed by a police check of the aircraft.
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