Kathmandu, August 11
Police have taken Nepali Congress lawmaker Sunil Sharma into custody.
A team from Nepal Police, Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) arrested him on August 10 on charges of fraud related to his education certificate, said Nepal Police spokesperson DIG Kuber Kadayat.
The CIB has also informed the Federal Parliament Secretariat about Sharma’s arrest.
Chief of CIB AIG Kiran Bajracharya has written to the speaker of the House of Representatives about why Sharma had been arrested.
Sharma, who was elected from Morang 3 under the first-past-the-post electoral system from the Nepali Congress, has been arrested in accordance with the law. This action was taken due to the need for an investigation into a charge related to a fake certificate of academic qualification, says the CIB.
CIB says Sharma’s I.Sc. certificate had not been verified by the National Examinations Board located in Sano Thimi, Bhaktapur.
As per the CIB, certain doctors have obtained registration from the Nepal Medical Council by submitting counterfeit academic certificates from India. These individuals also participated in the examinations conducted by the Council to obtain their registration certificates.
As of August 11, six doctors have been arrested on these charges. Along with Sharma, the CIB has arrested Shraddha Shilpakar, Ranjit Kumar Yadav, Amit Chaudhary, Ram Babu Yadav and Arina Shah.
