Rayamajhi gets four years in prison, Khand two in fake Bhutanese refugee scam

The district court determines sentences for 16 convicts, saying the organised fraud tarnished Nepal’s international image and constituted offences against the state.

The Kathmandu District Court on Tuesday sentenced former deputy prime minister and CPN-UML leader Top Bahadur Rayamajhi to four years in prison for his role in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam, in which Nepali citizens were passed off as Bhutanese refugees in a scheme to send them to the United States.