Kathmandu, March 22: Maoist Center’s vice chairman, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who is under the custody of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) on the charge of being involved in gold smuggling, has given a statement to the CIB. As CIB has concluded the process of taking a statement, Mahara, considering his poor health, may be released on bail today. The CIB is preparing to release Mahara on bail today. The Kathmandu District Court had permitted the CIM to keep Mahara under police custody for four days. People’s News Monitoring Service.