KATHMANDU, Feb. 19 -- Parliamentary Hearing Committee (PHC) on Tuesday started an investigation into the complaints filed against proposed chairperson of the National Muslim Commission Samim Ansari.

In the complaint filed at the PHC, Ansari has been accused of holding fake Nepali citizenship, according to sources.

NCP lawmaker Yogesh Bhattarai, who is also the member of the PHC, told Republica Online that the committee decided to collect documents from the District Administration Office Kathmandu related to verify the citizenship obtained by Ansari.

Likewise, the committee will collect the documents from the Election Commission to verify his party affiliation. Earlier, the committee had received four complaints against Ansari. The commit...