Sunsari District Court on Wednesday released Nunulal Urav, soil expert at Regional Soil Investigation Lab Jhumka who recommended citizenship for Indian criminal Niranjan Hojai; Jagat Bahadur Rai of Dharan who posed as Hojai´s father; and ward member Santosh Lama Tamang on general date. [break]
A single bench of District Judge Kaji Bahadur Rai released the three on general date after making each of them deposit a bail sum of Rs 35,000, said the court´s officer Dhruba Pokharel.
Following Urav´s release, government employees who had enforced an indefinite shutdown of government offices in the district from Tuesday, will be back to work from Thursday.
Urav had issued a recommendation for Hojai in December 2006 in the capacity of a government officer.
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