Police arrested former home minister of Nepal and Nepali Congress leader Bal Krishna Khand in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugee scam.<br />'' <br />''A team of Kathmandu Police Circle arrested Khand from his residence in Mainjubahal for his alleged involvement in the scam where many Nepalis were swindled out of millions of rupees in return for sending them to the United States as Bhutanese refugees.<br />'' <br />''Likewise, the police also arrested Khand's personal aide Narendra KC in connection with the scam.<br />'' <br />''Police nabbed KC in the morning from Jadibuti in Bhaktapur. Police took the former Home Minister under its control from his residence at Cuchhepati in Kathmandu in connection to the racket of scamming people by promising to send them to the United States as Bhutanese refugees.<br />'' <br />''With this, the number of alleged ones involved in the racket has reached 12. Arrested in connection to the scam were Indrajit Rai, who served as security advisor to the then Minister of Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa, the then Secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs Tek Narayan Pandey, Sandeep Rayamajhi, the son of CPN (UML) secretary Top Bahadur Rayamajhi and others Keshav Dulal, Sanu Bhandari, Tanka Gurung, Sandesh Sharma and Sagar Thulung.<br />'' <br />''Police said that they were also searching for CPN (UML)'s secretary Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, also alleged to have involvement in the racket, who is currently out of contact.<br />'' <br />''So far, 106 victims of the fake Bhutanese refugee scam have filed complaints at the police office. They lodged complaints noting the middlemen or fraudsters fleeced over Rs 230 million from them at different times giving them a false hope to send to the United States in the guise of Bhutanese refugees.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">In the Parliament of Nepal today, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairperson Rajendra Prasad Lingden has demanded that the parliament be informed about ongoing activities in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam. He said that the fake Bhutanese refugee scam unfolding is not only related to financial corruption or digits. This is an organized crime against the State. This is a kind of heinous crime related to fraud. It was a matter of shame that high profile people including former Home Ministers and Deputy Prime Minister are found to have been involved in heinous crimes like the fake Bhutanese refugee that has drawn the attention of both the country and the international community, and brought the country insult, he commented.</span><br />