KATHMANDU, Aug 18: A squad from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has left for Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to bring absconding Sanjaya Islami Magar, who had allegedly assassinated former Supreme Court Justice Rana Bahadur Bam, to Nepal.
Acting on Interpol's Red Corner notice, the Saudi Arabia police had arrested Magar aka Bhagwan on March 25 from Saudi Arabia. Interpol had issued a diffusion notice on January 6 against Magar.
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According CIB Spokesperson Kiran Bajracharya, Magar will likely be brought home by Saturday. Magar had flown to Saudi Arabia for foreign employment. Magar, originally from Ramechap district, had reached Saudi Arabia via Future Link International Pvt Ltd, a Ratopul-based manpower company. He was working as a truck driver for a construction company, according to CIB. Motorcycle-borne assailants had shot dead justice Bam at UN Park on May 31, 2012.
Police had earlier nabbed Babu Thapa of Churebhawar Rastriya Party, Karan Chaudhary, Prem Raj Khadka and Dipak Karna on January 3 on the charge of Bam's murder.
