Nepal, March 15 -- A high-level probe commission on gold smuggling has recommended departmental actions against officials including Additional Inspector General Kiran Bajracharya, chief of the Central Investigation Bureau, and then director general of the Department of Immigration Jhalakram Adhikari.

The commission recommended action against AIG Bajracharya for allegedly sparing former home minister and Maoist vice chairman Krishna Bahadur Mahara, then director general Adhikari and former Nepal Police chief and UML leader Sarbendra Khanal.

The government formed the commission on October 2 with a mandate to conduct a detailed investigation into the recent incidents of gold smuggling in the country after the UML and the Rastriya Swatantra...