Key figures in fake Bhutanese refugee scam still in custody, investigation continues

Patan High Court on December 1 ordered that the high-ranking defendants of the fake Bhutanese refugee scam remain in custody as the trial goes on. While the court ordered the release of half of those arrested in the case on bail, it did not release former minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi and former Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand .

In addition to Khand, Indrajit Rai, an advisor to former Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, former Home Secretary Tek Narayan Pandey, and former lawmaker Ang Tawa Sherpa have also been ordered to be held in custody until the fake Bhutanese refugee scam proceedings are concluded.