KATHMANDU, March 15 -- The high-level commission tasked with investigating gold smuggling in the country has concluded that the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) committed serious errors in the investigation of gold smuggling.

AIG Kiran Bajracharya, the head of CIB, has also been recommended for action by the commission for protecting those who should have been prosecuted.

Along with this, departmental action has also been recommended against SP Sanjay Singh Thapa, DSP Durga Dahal and Rugam Kunwar, who investigated the case.

It is alleged that they let a key person involved in gold smuggling, Jiwan Chalaune, escape deliberately. They have been accused of bringing him to the bureau but letting him go at the end.

Likewise, the high-lev...