Director General of Department of Passports Tirtharaj Aryal in Custody of CIAA

Kathmandu. Director General of the Department of Passports Tirtharaj Aryal is currently in the custody of the CIAA. A high-level source has confirmed that the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers has handed him over to the CIAA for investigation.

Aryal was summoned to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at 10 AM on Monday. He was asked to bring the file related to the passport purchase case. Chief of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Prem Kumar Rai, reached the Prime Minister's Office around 12 PM.