Nepal, March 18 -- Former Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara could face a fresh inquiry after Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane on Sunday ordered police to implement a report of the inquiry commission on large-scale gold smuggling.

The commission headed by Dilli Raj Acharya, a former High Court chief judge, submitted its report on Thursday pointing out allegedly deliberate efforts by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Police not to investigate Mahara, then director general of the Department of Immigration Jhalak Ram Adhikari, and former Nepal Police chief and UML leader Sarbendra Khanal in the gold scam.

After receiving the report, Home Minister Lamichhane submitted it to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Fri...