KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The high-level committee formed to investigate the nine-kg gold smuggling case through vape (electronic cigarettes) has recorded statements of former Speaker of House of Representatives (HoR) Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who is also Vice Chairman of CPN (Maoist Center).
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The probe committee took Mahara's statement at Singh Durbar on Thursday afternoon.
The government had earlier formed a four-member probe committee headed by former High Court Judge Dilliram Acharya to investigate the issue of illegal gold smuggling from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).
