Kathmandu, July 7 -- The Kathmandu District Court has convicted two former ministers along with 21 others in a fake Bhutanese refugee scam, finding them guilty of offences against the state.

The court convicted former minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi and former Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand in the case along with 21 others, court officials confirmed to ANI. The police had formally registered a case against 30 people over the case three years ago.

As per the court documents released upon delivering the verdict, the court has established that the accused were involved in a scheme that falsely promised to send Nepali citizens to the United States by portraying them as Bhutanese refugees.

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