May 11, Kathmandu – The Ministry of Education and Sports has formally requested the Home Ministry to investigate an incident involving the issuance of visa recommendations for 10 foreign nationals based on a forged letter from Valmiki Vidyapith. According to ministry sources, this letter was sent following revelations about the case on Thursday.
Earlier, it was uncovered that the Ministry of Education had recommended visas to 10 foreigners to the Immigration Department using a counterfeit letter from the Valmiki Vidyapith campus located at Pradarshani Marg. Following this recommendation, the Immigration Department had issued visas to some individuals. However, when attempting to issue visas to additional applicants, it was discovered that the campus letter was fake.
In connection with this case, the Immigration Department has so far arrested two individuals and is conducting an investigation. According to the department’s Director General Ramchandra Tiwari, those detained include the person who forged the campus letter and submitted documents to the ministry to obtain visa recommendations, as well as a Chinese woman. Both detainees are identified as PhD doctor Subodh Shukla, who claims to be from Birgunj, and the Chinese woman, Chu Chiao. The Immigration Department took them into custody on Wednesday to proceed with the inquiry.
