Special Court seeks Rs100,000 bail from former Speaker Mahara in gold smuggling case

Anti-graft body has accused Mahara, his son and senior officials of facilitating the smuggling of nearly nine kilograms of gold hidden inside electronic cigarettes in 2022.

The Special Court on Monday ordered former Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara to furnish bail of Rs100,000 in a corruption case linked to the high-profile vape gold smuggling scandal.