KATHMANDU, April 29 -- The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has exerted pressure on the Kathmandu District Government Attorney Office (DGAO) to release the government employees arrested in connection with the distribution of fake driving licenses (DL). After the Central Bureau of Investigation (CIB) of the Nepal Police arrested the employees on Saturday and was preparing to present them to the District Court through the Kathmandu DGAO on Sunday, seeking judicial custody for them for investigation, the PMO intervened and pressured for their release.

After the CIB took the stand that an investigation must be carried out as the licenses were issued even in the names of dead people, the DGAO agreed to submit them to the district court. The Kath...