The lawmakers in the meeting of the committee at Singha Durbar demanded that the government run an investigation in the incident and expel the official by declaring him a persona non grata if found guilty. [break]They also demanded an apology from the Indian Embassy for threatening a lawmaker.
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UCPN (Maoist) lawmaker Ram Kumar Sharma on August 6 accused that an Indian Embassy official with surname Das threatened to kidnap him and even expel his daughter studying at an embassy-run school.
Responding to queries of the lawmakers, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sujata Koirala said the government has already sought clarification from the embassy over the issue. The Indian Embassy termed the issue a ‘baseless allegation’, Koirala added.
Meanwhile, unsatisfied with the response of the embassy, lawmakers of the committee asked the government to be serious over the issue and run another investigation.
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