According to the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), Interpol informed the bureau about the arrest and procedures for the handover of Sajaya to the Nepal Police. "We have initiated the process to bring him back to Nepal," said CIB Director DIG Hemanta Malla. Saudi Arabia cannot hand over the accused directly to Nepal as the two countries have not signed extradition treaty.
CIB had confirmed that Magar had left the country for Saudi Arabia on December 5 based on the statement by other accused, four days before they were arrested on the charge of Bam's murder. Interpol Nepal had issued a diffusion notice against Magar on Jan 6.
Magar, originally from Ramechap district, had reached Saudi Arabia via Company-Future Link International Pvt Ltd-a Ratopul-based manpower company. He had been working as a truck driver for a construction company, according to CIB.
Justice Bam was shot dead at UN Park in Lalitpur on May 31, 2012, while he was heading for the court after offering puja at Banglamukhi Temple.
Two-and-a-half years after the murder, the police had arrested Babu Thapa of Churebhawar Rastriya Party, Karan Chaudhary, Prem Raj Khadka and Dipak Karna and Magar.
Thapa, the mastermind behind the murder, had confessed to the police that he had plotted the murder in revenge as the bench of Justice Bam had issued a stay order that gave continuity to the party chairmanship of Keshev Prasad Mainali.
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