Kathmandu. Director General of the Department of Passports, Tirtha Raj Aryal, has been arrested. The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested Aryal.

According to CIAA sources, he has been arrested in connection with the passport purchase case.

The anti-graft body has already started recording statements of Aryal. According to sources, the CIAA has also arrested Siddhartha Thapa, the proprietor of Veridius printing company, along with Aryal.

Thapa is the son of Nepali Congress National Assembly member Sunil Thapa. CIAA sources said that investigation has been started against him as well.