The recent revelations surrounding the gold smuggling case in Nepal have raised serious concerns about the integrity of law enforcement agencies and the government's commitment to combating illicit activities. The findings of the commission formed to probe gold smuggling cases have highlighted grave errors and potential corruption within the investigation process, casting a shadow of doubt on the entire justice system.

KATHMANDU, March 11: Police are investigating an incident involving the assault of former Armed Police Force AIG Thakur Mohan Shrestha, who is also an executive committee member of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). The assault took place as Shrestha was leaving the office of RPP Chairman Rajendra Lingden at the party’s central office in Dhumbarahi on Sunday morning. Shrestha has filed a complaint with the Maharajgunj Police Circle regarding the incident.

KATHMANDU, March 3: The District Police Office, Chitwan, has said that the investigation over the death of 14-year-old student of Ekata Shishu Niketan Boarding School in Ratnanagar Municipality is underway.

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives has directed the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to expedite investigations into major corruption cases.

KATHMANDU, Feb 19: A Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) team of Nepal Police has reached Pokhara to investigate the Suryadarshan Saving and Credit Cooperative fraud case.

BIRGUNJ, Feb 11: Rajesh Man Singh, the mayor of Birgunj Metropolitan Municipality, has admitted that Rubina Shrestha is his own biological daughter.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: The Parliamentary Committee on Education, Health, and Information Technology (MoICIT) under the House of Representatives has directed the government to submit all documents related to the Mobile Device Management System (MDMS) and Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring and Fraud Control System (TERAMOCS).

KATHMANDU, Dec 6: Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA), the regulatory body overseeing telecom companies in the country, has made it clear that the recent sale and purchase of Ncell's shares is questionable and will be investigated.

KAVREPALANCHOWK, Nov 26:  A province-level security and crime investigation seminar kicked off at Dhulikhel of Kavrepalanchowk today.

Police arrest murderer after 20 years!

November 9, 2023 14:30 pm

KATHMANDU, Nov 9: The police have arrested a man who was absconding after allegedly killing a woman twenty years ago in Jaluke of Arghakhanchi.

JANAKPURDHAM, Nov 2: The family of Rupesh Saraf, who was shot dead last Monday in Kalaiya in Bara, has complained that the police lied about the case of slain Rupesh.

MUGU, Oct 29: In regard to the investigation into the killings of four members of a family in Mugu, police said they have made significant progress and reached near the killer(s).

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Inspector Madan Shrestha, stationed at the District Police Office in Kaski, has been suspended from his duties pending an investigation.

KATHMANDU, September 24: The Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP), currently at odds with the government, has initiated internal preparations for a protest following the Ministry of Home Affairs' decision to revive the investigation into the Gaur massacre.

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: In a horrifying incident last night at Gairigaun, Tinkune in Kathmandu Metropolitan City-32, four lives were brutally taken, three of whom were from the same family. The lifeless bodies of two men and two women were found within the premises of the Divya Saw Mill located in Tinkune at approximately 11:55 PM.

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: A police team, accompanied by a skilled canine, has initiated an inquiry into the tragic murder of four people that unfolded late last night in Gairigaun, Tinkune, Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, Sept 14: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has decided to continue its investigation into the case involving the smuggling of over 60 kilos of gold into the country although it has already submitted the investigation report to the District Government Attorney Office.

KIMATHANKA (SANKHUWASABHA), Sept 14: Fifteen people including seven police personnel accused of being responsible for the deaths of two inmates in the District Prison, Sankhuwasabha, have been remanded into custody for further investigation into the case.

NEPALGUNJ, Sept 11: Khagendra Sapkota, a tax officer of the Inland Revenue Office, Tulsipur, who was arrested at Nepalgunj Airport, has been handed over to the Liaison Office of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Lumbini Province, Nepalgunj.

KATHMANDU, Sep 4: In connection with the 60 kg gold smuggling case, the police have arrested a person for investigation.

KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Nepal Police has sent Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dinesh Acharya to Hong Kong to collect more evidence about gold smuggling. It is believed that SSP Acharya will coordinate with the Hong Kong Police to gather the necessary evidence.

KATHMANDU, Aug 22: A preliminary draft of a high-level probe committee to investigate gold smuggling has been prepared. The draft of the high-level probe committee was prepared by a task force consisting of the leaders of the three major political parties, in the meeting held at Singha Durbar on Tuesday morning.

KATHMANDU, Aug 20: An investigation has been started against 12 people, including some police officers, in the murder case of two prisoners inside Sankhuwasabha prison. The police and the other prisoners were involved in the murder of the prisoner.

Sankhuwasabha, Aug 17: Involvement of some police personnel and inmates was found in the incident, said a probe committee formed to carry out investigation into the incident that occurred at District Prison, Sankhuwasabha.

KATHMANDU, Aug 15: After the government handed over the responsibility of investigating the recent gold smuggling case to the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police, the main opposition party in Parliament, the CPN-UML, has been demanding a high-level investigation committee to probe the scam.

KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Even though the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police proved that Sunil Sharma's educational certificate was fake eight years ago, he was arrested for an investigation only on Thursday. The CIB said that Nepali Congress lawmaker and medical entrepreneur Sharma was arrested on the charge of forging his ISC educational qualification certificate. Sharma was arrested by the CIB team from his house in Golfutar, Kathmandu. Along with him, the police arrested Dr Ranjit Kumar Yadav, Dr Amit Chaudhary, Dr Ram Babu Yadav and Dr Elina Shah on the charge of possessing fake certificates.

KIMATHANGKA, Aug 11: A total of 15 individuals including 10 police personnel have been apprehended for investigation into the suspicious death of two inmates in the District Prison at Khandbari in Sankhuwasabha district.

KATHMANDU, Aug 10: The government has formed a probe committee to investigate the alleged incident of police using excessive force against those staging a sit-in protest at Kathmandu Police Range, Teku, on July 31. The protest was held against the controversial statements given by an advocate.

KATHMANDU, Aug 9: The 20 people arrested in the Lalita Niwas land-grab scam will remain in custody for another seven days.

Siblings drown in pond

August 9, 2023 13:43 pm

KRISHNANAGAR, Aug 9: Two siblings of the same family drowned in a pond at Bagahi, Krishnanagar Municipality-5 in Kapilvastu district. The Bagahi settlement is in grief following the death of the two brothers. The deceased are seven-year-old Sajan and five-year-old Rajan, the two sons of Ram Avatar Yadav of the locality.

KATHMANDU, Aug 7: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has started an investigation into the 100 kg gold smuggling case after the Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) gave it the responsibility to do so. According to CIB sources, Superintendent of Police (SP) Sanjay Singh Thapa has been appointed as the chief investigation officer for the investigation into the gold smuggling case.

GALKOT, Aug 7: A couple has been arrested in Baglung on the charge of killing their two-month-old baby.

KATHMANDU, Aug 4: The government has refused to form a high-level committee to investigate the recent case of gold smuggling, arguing that the formation of the new committee might affect the ongoing investigation progress.

JANAKPURDHAM,  August 1: The dead body of a young man has been found in Siraha.

KATHMANDU, July 31: Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has asserted that the gold smuggling scandal would be taken to its final conclusion. He pledged that investigation would be conducted to the root of this scam and all the culprits would be brought to book.

KATHMANDU, July 31: CPN (Maoist Center) Deputy General Secretary Barshaman Pun has demanded the formation of a parliamentary/judicial committee, or special committee to investigate gold smuggling.

KATHMANDU, July 30: A recent development in the investigation of the untimely demise of artist Saruk Tamrakar sheds light on the discovery of a suicide note in his mobile phone. Following his tragic passing, the mobile 'notes' were sent to the Digital Forensic Lab of the Police Headquarters, Naxal, for examination.

KATHMANDU, July 27: Nepal Police have been provided five more days to carry out investigation against the accused of Lalita Niwas land grab scam.

KATHMANDU, July 26: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has recovered several cartons labeled as 'brake shoes' from a house in Kamalpokhari, Kathmandu.

BIRATNAGAR, July 22: Rabi Lamichhane, president of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has said that gold being smuggled through the airport might be happening with the setting of certain influential individuals or groups.

A home that Las Vegas police raided this week in connection with the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur is tied to one of the only surviving witnesses to the crime, a man long known to investigators whose nephew was seen as a suspect shortly after the rapper’s killing.

KATHMANDU, July 20: After the detention hearing of those arrested for investigation in the Lalita Niwas land-grab case was postponed, it is still under consideration on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, July 14: Actor and model Saruk Tamrakar's untimely demise continues to reverberate through the entertainment industry, with nine days having passed since his tragic death on July 6. The lifeless body of Tamrakar was found at his residence in Ratopul, casting a pall of grief over his loved ones and fans alike.

KATHMANDU, July 3: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has restricted building any physical structure on Lalita Niwas land. While Nepal Police have arrested various people and continued their investigation into the Lalita Niwas land grab scam, the KMC has decided against allowing the construction of any structure on Lalita Niwas land.

Former EC Commissioner Shah and Bhatbhateni Supermarket owner Gurung are among those arrested

An international group of agencies is investigating the loss of the Titan submersible, seeking to determine what caused it to implode while carrying five people to the Titanic.

KATHMANDU, June 8: The Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police has started an investigation into the alleged sale and distribution of air tickets by foreign hackers targeting Nepali companies.

KATHMANDU, May 25: Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha has said that further investigation is being carried out into the case of fake Bhutanese refugee scam who have been mentioned in the media.

RAUTAHAT, May 25: One person died due to bullet injury in Gonahi Municipality-1 Karuniya of Rautahat.

The ongoing investigation into the fake Bhutanese refugee scam by Nepal Police has garnered both praise and skepticism from the public. While the police have made notable arrests, including high-profile individuals, a significant number of VIPs who appeared on the investigation radar have been neither interrogated nor apprehended. This apparent discrepancy in treatment has led to widespread criticism, highlighting a troubling double standard in the application of the law.