Kathmandu, Oct. 30 -- The investigation into Inam Sapkota, an alleged fixer arrested on September 27, is widening as details of his links with influential figures emerge. Information made public on Thursday points to communications between Sapkota and Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Sharma concerning financial transactions, as well as exchanges with Justice Hari Prasad Phuyal about a case sub judice in the Supreme Court.

Sapkota's links with former chief justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana, several former judges and dismissed Armed Police Force Additional Inspector General Banshiraj Dahal had surfaced earlier. Investigators say the inquiry is expanding after they found that serving judges and justices, senior Nepal Police and Armed Police Force of...