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Immigration official arrested over passport scam

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KATHMANDU, April 27: An immigration official found involved in the misuse of diplomatic passports of CA members was arrested on Wednesday.



Immigration Officer Bhuminanda Bhandari was found to have been a partner in the crime of misusing the passports of CA members Gayatri Sah and Biswanath Pratap (BP) Yadav. Bhandari was arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police.[break]



Bhandari was found to have sent two Nepali nationals holding the diplomatic passports of the CA members abroad without stamping the passports at the airport, Superintendent of Police Rajendra Singh Bhandari said.



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