Will Bairagi-led probe panel expose those involved in visit visa scandal?

The visit visa scandal made headlines after the country’s anti-graft body raided the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) immigration and arrested several officials, including the chief, for issuing visas by accepting bribes that ran into tens of thousands of rupees. The central issue is that the visit visas are obtained by bribing immigration officials and middlemen to travel abroad. Some used them to work illegally abroad, while others utilized them to settle abroad. People with a criminal background took advantage of these visas to slip out of the nation. The arrested immigration officials are accused of compelling even genuine Nepali migrant workers to cough up money. Many were aware of the foul play, but the issue gained prominence after the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) sprang into action.