Himal Press 
KATHMANDU: The ruling coalition has concluded that the formation of a high-level inquiry committee to probe gold smuggling is not necessary.
A meeting of the coalition partners held at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar on Monday evening took a decision to this extent, according to Rajendra Pandey, vice chairman of CPN (Unified Socialist). “The meeting concluded that formation of any other committee would dilute the ongoing investigation,”
The main opposition CPN-UML and some lawmakers of other parties, including the Nepali Congress, are calling for the formation of a high-level inquiry committee to probe the incident. UML has been disrupting the meeting of both Houses demanding the formation of a high-level inquiry committee.
According to Pandey, the meeting also held a discussion on the Gaur incident and Lalita Niwas scam, among others.
“There are four separate reports on the Gaur incident and all of them have different conclusions,” Shrestha said. “Family of people who lost their lives in the incident have already received compensation. Many of them have already been declared martyrs, while the process is underway to declare the remaining as martyrs.”
Shrestha said the meeting decided to resolve the issue legally. The meeting also discussed whether the Supreme Court order on Lalita Niwas scam is appropriate.
The apex court order has paved the legal way for investigative agencies to probe former prime ministers Madhav Kumar Nepal and Dr Baburam Bhattarai.
