Kathmandu, July 5 -- Former Nepal Police chief Ramesh Chand Thakuri, who was on the run after being convicted in the multi-million rupees scam involving the purchase of armoured personnel carriers (APC) for the Nepali UN peacekeepers in Sudan, surrendered to the authorities on Thursday.

After remaining in hiding for two years, the former inspector general of police turned himself in before the Supreme Court. He had reportedly reached the court to file a review petition against the court's order to send him to two and a half years in prison and pay Rs 40,000 in fines.

"Thakuri was taken to Dillibazaar Prison after the court registered his petition to review the judgement," Devendra Dhakal, an information officer at the Supreme Court, tol...