33 kg of gold to identify the owner of the general tempo driver

Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) on
Sunday arre@sted Senior Superintendent of
Police (SSP) Shyam Khatri from police
headquarter for alleged involvement in a
33-kg gold smuggling case. He was
arres@ted today in connection to 33.5
kilograms of smuggled gold that was
seized from Gaushala in the capital some
days ago for smuggling the yellow metal
from the Tribhuvan International Airport
(TIA). The CIB had seized 33 kg gold on
January 5 based on a tip-off. SSP Khatri,
who was stationed at TIA was summoned to
the headquarter citing security lapses.

A high-level source in the Central
Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal
Police confirmed that SSP Khatri was
arre@sted this afternoon from the Police
Headquarters. The CIB arre@sted Khatri
based on the statements recorded from
other alleged who were held in the same
connection.Dil Bandhu Thapa of Morang,
Santosh Kafle of Janakpur and Gopal
Bahadur Shahi of Banke were arre@sted
along with the gold on January
5.Likewise, the police have already
arre@sted Shree Narayan Yadav and Raj
Kumar Dhakal of TIA Customs Office in
course of the investigations.