Don't worry, this is not the story of a tourist traveling on an outbound tourism package. The story is - of a mission to bring one of the most wanted accused to Nepal. For which two police officers decided to travel from Asia to Europe.
Nishant i.e. DSP of Nepal Police. Ranji's, on the other hand. Although traveling to tourist countries, their mission was linked to the crime. If everything went well, the work would go smoothly according to the schedule. But, why did it happen as expected?
After arriving in Portugal from Delhi to Germany and another flight from there, the tour schedule had to be rescheduled. Similarly, it is uncomfortable to go to a third country by making Delhi a transit. On top of that, he plans to reach Portugal on the 10th. The Nepalese Embassy in India facilitated the flight from Delhi. Nepal's direct air travel with Europe has been broken for years, so it has been like a 'dog's way to Lhasa'. That proverb also applied to these two policemen.
They were in Nepal when they got the Portuguese visa. As it is the mission of the Government of Nepal, it was not very difficult to get a visa and change the travel list. There is no Portuguese embassy in Nepal. So all the work is from India. The Ministry of External Affairs coordinated with the embassy in Delhi and arranged all the procedures. Although there were two policemen on the trip, they were connected from the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Police received a piece of important information on June 3, 2077 - Kedar Dhungana has applied for a resident permit in Portugal. Among Nepalis living in Portugal, Dhungana was emerging in the politics of 'non-resident Nepalis'. 43 Dhunganas of Bhumlu Gaonpalika Ward No. 1 of Kavrepalanchok had been listed in the police search list - not only as accused but also as criminals.
Dev: The Development Bank had filed a complaint against him on December 7, 2008, for fraudulently transferring a vehicle by evading a bank loan by making fake documents.
Not only that, Dhungana's crime network had spread. Two dozen cases had been registered against him in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Patan High Courts. By December 7, 2008, 10 cases had been decided by the Lalitpur District Court. Others, including Dhungana, were sentenced to one year in prison and fined Rs 70,000 each. However, he had already absconded before the verdict. That is, they had left the country.
The court had already found him guilty. Therefore, the issue of arresting him was becoming a challenge for the police. Police were searching for him.
The police moved after receiving information that he was doing business in Portugal. With the help of Interpol police, the process of arresting Dhungana and bringing him to Nepal was taken forward. Police had issued a red corner notice against him on April 15. Earlier, a diffusion notice was issued against him on December 3, 2008. In the absence of an extradition treaty, the police have been facing legal hurdles to arrest criminals living abroad for committing crimes in Nepal. There was a case of stone in this mess.
In this way, when the criminal cannot be deported, the police have to reach the concerned country and handle the case. Some even deport and deport people involved in such crimes. However, this was not the case with Kedar Dungan. The Portuguese police called the Nepal police to pick them up themselves.
"After finding out that it was in Portugal, we arranged the process and sent two policemen," said SSP Vasant Kunwar, spokesperson of the Nepal Police.
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DSP Nishant and SA Rajjis made the Frankfurt transit and landed in Portugal on the 11th. Even after they arrived, Portuguese police took two more days to process. They did not immediately hand over the stone to Portugal. After waiting for two days, the police handed over the stone to the Nepal Police on the 13th.
The Portuguese police handed over two Nepal Police officers to him at the airport on the 13th. Then they came to Istanbul, Turkey, the transit was the same. Bringing a criminal on the wanted list after completing all the procedures by applying for a visa in a short period of time was no less of a challenge. However, it was not a big issue for the two police officers to solve the technical difficulties that came with the mission set up by the state.
From Istanbul, they flew to Kathmandu. They landed at Tribhuvan International Airport with Kedar Dhungana at 11 am on Saturday.
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The issue of crores of fraud. Those who are deceived are the same. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the state to give justice to the victims. It is the duty of the police to discourage crime and make the perpetrators part of the action. However, the cost of such a mission will be high. In addition to the cost of finding the culprit, there is a separate cost for arrest. In the case of Dhungana, an additional cost was added - to reach Europe and catch it and bring it here.
"Not only our police officer, sometimes even the accused has to be brought with a ticket. Bringing the accused in this way costs some money, 'said SSP Kiran Bajracharya, who has been working as the head of the Interpol branch for a long time.
Police have spent millions of rupees to bring Kedar Dhungana from Portugal to Nepal. With the approval of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the police will start the process of bringing the accused from abroad to Nepal. Some countries deport the accused directly through Interpol while some countries call on the Nepal Police to take them. The police have to bear the cost from their own budget.
According to a source in the Accounts Branch of the Nepal Police, more than Rs 1.2 million was spent when two policemen went to Portugal to arrest Kedar Dhungana. Visas, air tickets, hotel, and food expenses while staying in the respective country naturally becomes expensive.
'Sometimes you have to get an urgent ticket. That can be expensive. And the process of handing over the accused after reaching the concerned country varies from country to country. That also prolongs the time. Prolonged hotel stays increase the cost, 'said a police officer working at the Interpol branch.
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This is not the first time that the Nepal Police has caught a criminal abroad. The last time the police had completed such a mission was on 31st March 2077 BS - by spending around Rs. 4 lakhs. At the same time, two police officers were similarly sent to Dubai. Kazim Puri was similarly brought to Nepal on charges of murder in Nepal while living in Dubai.
Nepal Police has brought Puri with the help of Interpol. The body of 28-year-old Binda Puri was found in Atharai village municipality of Tehrathum on March 12, 2008. Police arrived in Dubai after it was revealed that Kaziman had killed his wife with the help of his brothers while living abroad.
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Three persons who were issued red corner notices in the fiscal year 2077/78 have been brought to Nepal from abroad. Apart from Dhungana and Puri, Harikrishna Khadka is one of them. He was also brought from Dubai in a 33 kg gold case.
In this way, the Nepal Police arranges its budget for the expenses incurred in bringing the accused from abroad by sending the police.
