33.5 kg gold smuggling: Morang police to file case against 62 persons

Biratnagar, May 2

Police will file a case against the 62 suspects arrested in connection with smuggling and disappearance of 33.5 kg gold and the subsequent murder of Sanam Shakya, one of the mules used by smugglers.

The case will be filed at the Morang District Court today.

The suspects will face three charges for kidnapping, murder and organised crime as per evidence submitted by police at the District Government Attorney Office, according to SP Arun Kumar BC, Chief at the District Police Office.

Those who will face the chargesheet today include 34 absconding persons including alleged mastermind Chudamani Upreti alias Gore and 28 others arrested in connection with the case.

They also include six police officials, three businesspersons, six suspects of Sanam Shaky murder case, and 13 staff at the Tribhuvan International Airport.

Earlier, a probe committee was formed under the leadership of Joint Secretary at the Minister of Home Affairs Ishwor Poudel to investigate into the murder and gold smuggling cases.

The whole fiasco came to light when the group of Gore killed Sanam Shakya on March 3 after the 33 kg gold smuggled from TIA disappeared on January 21. Police had found Shakya’s body while it was being taken to Biratnagar-3 on January 22