BIRATNAGAR, May 22: The main accused in the smuggling of 33.5 kg gold, Chudamani Uprety aka Gore has been presented at the Morang District Court on Tuesday afternoon.

Earlier, he was made public at the Ministry of Home Affairs after his arrest on Tuesday. Gore was paraded at a press conference organized at the Ministry of Home Affairs. He, then, was sent to Biratnagar by the flight immediately after he was made public. 

 According to Joint Secretary Ishwar Raj Paudel, coordinator of the high-level investigation committee formed by the government, Gore was arrested from Gaurighat of Kathmandu at 5 am today even though police, earlier had said that they arrested him in India and brought him to Kathmandu.

Gore had been accused of taking life of gold trader Shanam Shakya by using electricity on the alleged charge of stealing 33 kg of smuggled gold from the Tribhuvan International Airport on January 23.

His involvement in the smuggling came to the fore in the course of investigating the murder case of gold trader Shakya. The probe panel has already arrested as many as 32 people in connection with the case. 

 
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