The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday formed a four-member committee headed by a joint secretary of the ministry to probe the granting and renewal of a weapon permit to the controversial businessman Durga Prasai.
photo: Durga Prasai
A ministerial-level decision formed a
committee headed by Joint Secretary Rajendra Dev Pandey from the home ministry.
Other members of the committee include Under Secretary Rishi Paudel and
Superintendent of Police Santosh Bhattarai. Under Secretary Ek Dev Adhikari
serves as the committee's member-secretary.
The committee has been tasked with
investigating the issuance of a permit to Prasai, as well as its subsequent
renewal, and recommending action against those found guilty.
Similarly, the committee has been
instructed to submit a comprehensive report within 15 days by determining
criteria on the use of firearms by individuals possessing licenses.
This entails scrutinizing legal
provisions and practices associated with the renewal of arms licenses, and proposing
amendments to existing laws as deemed necessary.
Furthermore, the committee has been
tasked with reviewing the practices of monitoring, regulating, and controlling
to prevent the misuse of licensed arms. The panel is also mandated to identify
an appropriate framework for managing and regulating records of weapons.
Two aides of Prasai—Deepak Khadka and
Raj Kumar Dhital—were arrested with a semi-automatic weapon and 100 bullets
from the premises of the Supreme Court on March 18. A bench of Nahakul Subedi
and Sunil Kumar Pokharel later released them.
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