Former Deputy PM Top Bahadur Rayamajhi Released from Prison

Kathmandu-  Former Deputy Prime Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi has been released from prison after serving his sentence.

Rayamajhi, who was serving a jail sentence in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugee scandal, walked free from the Dillibazar Prison on Thursday morning. He was released after completing 65 years of age and receiving senior citizen concessions. The Kathmandu District Court had written a letter to the prison office for his release.

Based on Rayamajhi’s application, the court sent a modified prison warrant to the authorities instructing his release under senior citizen provisions. Rayamajhi, a former secretary of the CPN-UML, had been convicted in the fake Bhutanese refugee case.

The Kathmandu District Court had sentenced him to two years in prison and a fine of NPR 20,000 for fraud, three years in prison and a fine of NPR 30,000 for organized crime, one year and six months in prison and a fine of NPR 15,000 for offenses against the state, and four years in prison with a fine of NPR 40,000 under unified offense charges. Following his release, he was welcomed home with tika and garlands.