Kathmandu. Former Deputy Prime Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, who has been serving a prison sentence in the fake Bhutanese refugee case, will be released today. He will be freed today after completing a prison term of 3 years and 6 months. The Kathmandu District Court had sent a letter to the Dillibazar Prison Office to release him. Rayamajhi had filed a petition in court requesting the benefit of senior citizen status, saying he had completed 65 years of age.

Accordingly, Rayamajhi will be released today, Kartik 26. Rayamajhi was found guilty in the fake Bhutanese refugee case. He was arrested on 2080 Baisakh 20. The Kathmandu District Court had sentenced him to 4 years in prison on 2083 Asar 30.