KATHMANDU, March 22 -- The recording of a statement from Krishna Bahadur Mahara, vice chairman of CPN (Maoist Centre) was completed on Thursday. Mahara is under police custody for investigation related to the gold smuggling scam.

The chief of the District Attorney General's Office Sandesh Shrestha shared that the process of recording statements, which started on Wednesday, has been completed on Thursday.

After completion of recording of the statement, he was readmitted to the Norvic hospital in the capital, according to the Central Investigation Bureau of the Nepal Police. Due to poor health, the court ordered him to be kept in the hospital. The former Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) was arrested on March 18 from Kapilvast...