Kathmandu, March 8 -- The government has set up an inquiry committee to look into the issue of a flight boarded by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli that was told to hold in the skies for nearly 10 minutes before landing at the Kathmandu airport on Tuesday evening.
The five-member committee, formed under Joint-secretary at the Tourism Ministry Suresh Acharya, has been tasked with finding out a cause of "security lapses" of the VVIP movement. It has been given seven days to prepare a report and recommend action against those involved in the security lapses.
The Yeti Airlines flight from Bhadrapur, with Prime Minister Oli among the passengers on board, was forced to make three circles over the skies before landing at the Kathmandu airport due to...