Fake Bhutanese refugee scam- TIMELINE
-Case: Making of fake bhutanese refugee documents in the large scale to send victims to USA through UNHCR refugee process. Receive up to about USD 40,000 from each victim.
Accused: (Total accused 13+1 suspected, arrested 12, 1 at large)
-Main conspiracy: Keshab Dulal, Sanu Bhandari
-Agents: Tanka Gurung, Sagar Rai, Sandesh Sharma, Ramsharan KC, Govinda Chaudhari.
-Support 1: Ram Bahadur Thapa 'Baadal' (then home minister) (SUSPECTED), Top Bahadur Rayamajhi (CPN UML secretory), Sandip Rayamajhi, Dr Indrajit Rai (Security Advisor of baadal),
-Support 2: Bal Krishna Khand (Home minister 2021 July), Tek Narayan Panday (Home secretory of Khand), Narendra KC (PA of Khand)
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-Keshab Dulal and Sanu Bhandari the made plan, Bhandari told plan to then CPN UML secretory Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, and then Rayamajhi told plan to then home minister Ram Bahadur Thapa 'Baadal' through his Security Advisor of Dr Indrajit Rai. Minister agreed. Tanka Gurung and Sagar Rai assigned for eastern Nepal and Sandesh Sharma for western Nepal to find customer who would pay upto 45 lakh (approx. USD 40,000) to go to USA as a refugee. They collected about Rs 33 Karod (approx. 2.5 million USD).
-2019 June 13: home ministry formed 3 membered task force headed by Balkrishna Panthi to report about "long term solution of bhutanese refugee problem". 875 people applied as omitted in original counting to the task force. This taskforce only validated 429 people who were verified by UNHCR and refugee coordinate unit (RCU) and refused to validate the rest.
-2021 feb 23: original Panthi task force report sent to social committee of cabinet for study.
-Home ministry "lost" original hard copy of Panthi task force during Badal home ministership.
-2021 July: Deuba government formed. Balkrishna Khand replaced Baadal as home minister. Victims who paid large sum of money got worried and filed complaints in CIAA and Kathmandu valley crime investigation bureau. Police started investigation.
-2021 Aug: Home ministry noticed the complaint. New home secretory Tek Narayan Pandey asked Dulal and bhandari about the matter, who agreed to pay new home secretory and home minister too to get the case go through. They paid Rs 1.25 Karod (approx. USD100,000) to the new minister and secretory.
-2022 Jan 14: Nepal cabinet decided to implement suggestion given my Panthi task force which validated only 429 omitted people.
-2022 Dec: New Prachanda cabinet formed. Khand out as home minister.
-2023 Mar 26: Keshab Dulal, Sanu Bhandari, Tanka Gurung arrested
-2023 Mar 29: Sagar Rai arrested.
-2023 Apr 12: Sandesh Sharma arrested.
-2023 May 2: Indrajit Rai arrested.
-2023 May 3: Tek Narayan Pandey, Sandip Rayamajhi arrested.
-2023 May 8: Ramsharan KC, Govinda Chaudhari arrested.
2023 May 10: Former home minister Bal Krishna Khand and his PA Narendra KC arrested.
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गिरोह: केशव दुलाल (मोरङ), सानु भण्डारी (ललितपुर), टंक गुरुङ (पाँचथर), सागर राई (मोरङ, पूर्व वडा अध्यक्ष), सन्देश शर्मा (दाङ), रामशरण केसी, गोविन्द चौधरी
समर्थन 1: टोप बहादुर रायमाझी (एमाले सचिव), सन्दीप रायमाझी (टोप बहादुरका छोरा), रामबहादुर थापा ‘बादल’ (तत्कालीन गृहमन्त्री), डा. इन्द्रजित राई (बादलका तत्कालीन सुरक्षा सल्लाहकार).
समर्थन 2: बालकृष्ण खाँण (नेपाली कांग्रेस नेता, पूर्व गृहमन्त्री), टेक नारायण पाण्डे (तत्कालीन गृह सचिव), नरेन्द्र केसी (खाणका तत्कालीन स्वकीय सचिव).