KATHMANDU, March 17: Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane has instructed Home Secretary Ek Narayan Aryal, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Basanta Kunwar, and head of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police Shyam Gyawali to immediately implement the report prepared by the Commission of Inquiry on the control of illegal importation (smuggling) of gold.

He instructed the officials to take action against the civil and police personnel pointed out in the report.

Earlier, the high-level commission tasked with investigating gold smuggling in the country concluded that the CIB had committed serious errors in the investigation of gold smuggling.

AIG Kiran Bajracharya, the outgoing head of CIB, has also been recommended for action by the commission for allegedly protecting those who should have been prosecuted.

Along with this, departmental action has also been recommended against SP Sanjay Singh Thapa, DSP Durga Dahal, and Rugam Kunwar, who investigated the case.

It is alleged that they let a key person involved in gold smuggling, Jiwan Chalaune, escape deliberately. They have been accused of bringing him to the bureau but letting him go at the end.