Fake Bhutanese refugee scam: Former home minister Bal Krishna Khand arrested by Nepal Police
Kathmandu, May 10 ,2023Former home minister Bal Krishna Khand has been arrested in Kathmandu for his alleged involvement in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam.Khand is considered a confidant of the Nepali Congress president and five-time prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. He was the second-rank member of the Deuba cabinet before the general elections in November last year.A senior police official informs he was arrested at his own house in Maijubahal of Kathmandu this morning.Amid criticisms that the Nepal Police failed to arrest former minister and CPN-UML leader Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, another high-profile arrest has been reported.Meanwhile, Khand’s personal secretary Narendra KC has been arrested in Jadibuti of Kathmandu, according to the police.The police so far have arrested nearly one dozen people in connection with the corruption case including former home minister Ram Bahadur Thapa’s advisor Indrajit Rai, Rayamajhi’s son Sandeep and former home secretary Tek Narayan Pandey.Media reports have also hinted at the involvement of former PM Deuba’s wife Arzu Rana and Khand’s wife Manju Khand, but the police say further investigation is underway.
Russia-Ukraine live: Four killed in Russian drone attacks
Four people have been killed in Russian overnight drone strikes across Ukraine.Ukraine says its forces destroyed 35 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia launched over Kyiv.Concerns about safety at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant increases amid fresh Russian drone attacks.Moscow intensifies the shelling of the ruined city of Bakhmut, as it hopes to lock in gains before May 9 – a major Russian holiday that marks the anniversary of its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.Head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, says Russia has promised his fighters enough ammunition to stay in Bakhmut, after a threat to pull out in scathing videos.
Rastriya Swatantra Party to focus on organisation-building
The newly formed party is widening its reach in all districts, provinces, constituencies and local units, giving fresh impetus to the drive after withdrawing support to government.
Apex court issues short-term interim order in Dhaka Kumar Shrestha’s case
A single bench of Justice Til Prasad Shrestha on Monday ordered not to implement the RSP’s decision to make Bindabasini Kansakar a member of the House of Representatives in place of Shrestha.
