Three-member investigation committee formed to further investigate the incident of assault with TIA immigration officials

KATHMANDU – The Ministry of Home Affairs has formed a three-member investigation committee to further investigate the matter of the assault of the immigration officers by the police assigned to provide security at the Tribhuvan International Airport.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has formed a three-member inquiry committee under the coordination of Joint Secretary Thaneshwar Gautam. DIG of Police Rajeshnath Bastola and Deputy Home Secretary Kool Bahadur GC are in the committee. It is said that the committee has been instructed to submit a report with facts within 3 days.

After the incident of assault, a discussion was held between Home Minister Narayankaji Shrestha, Home Secretary Dinesh Bhattarai, Director General of Immigration Department Rudrasinh Tamang, Head of TIA Immigration Office Gogan Bahadur Hamal and others.

Airport security police assaulted immigration staff

Kathmandu- The police of Tribhuvan International Airport assaulted the immigration officer along with the head of the airport immigration office when a dispute arose over the issue of security.

It is said that while checking(frisk search) immigration officer Chhayanlal Moktan on , the police attacked him in a heated dispute over the issue of checking the immigration staff but not the police.

Moktan told Gogan Bahadur Hamal, the head of the immigration office, about the mistreatment by the police, and when Hamal looked at the CC camera to understand the reality of the incident, he clearly saw that the police had punched the immigration officer Moktan. It is said that as soon as he responded to the incident, the police stationed there attacked Hamal too.

After the incident, the immigration officials complained that if the DSP of police and the deputy secretary of immigration enter together, the police will search the deputy secretary of immigration, but not the DSP, and leave him .

After the incident, the immigration officials said that police collusion is seen in most of the smuggling from the airport and they should not be exempted from security.