‘As the case is open, top leaders may still be prosecuted’

Former Deputy Inspector General Hemanta Malla Thakuri on different dimensions of the fake Bhutanese refugee scam and its investigation.

Senior politicians, home ministry officials and other top-ranking individuals have been prosecuted in the Bhutanese refugee scam after a two-month-long Nepal Police investigation. Former Deputy Inspector General Hemanta Malla Thakuri has been closely following the scam and the investigation of one of the biggest high-profile criminal cases in Nepal’s history. The Post’s Prithvi Man Shrestha and Anup Ojha talked to Malla about different dimensions of the scam and its investigation. Excerpts: