An exiled Bhutanese youth accused of acquiring Nepal citizenship from the District Administration Office of Jhapa, by providing false information, was remanded in custody.
The administration office sent one 29-year-old youth, whose named has been withheld on security ground, to judicial custody for further investigation Friday, the state-owned Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) reported from Jhapa on Saturday.
The charge sheet filed against him at the local authority on June 26 says that he obtained citizenship on Baishak 29, 2060 based on the statement of his fake father, a local resident of Prithivinagar-5.
Bhoj Kumari Darji of the same area, also accused of aiding the Bhutanese refugee, was released on Rs 10,000 bail on July 20, added the report.
Former Camp Secretary of Goldhap camp, Chiranjibi Rai, couldn’t verify the names of the accused youth and his father immediately.
