An "angry" 65-year-old man, calling himself "a former chief of intelligence bureau" has claimed responsibility for the 2001 royal massacre in Nepal in which the then King and nine members of his family were killed.
The man named Tul Prasad Sherchan told journalists on Wednesday that he had hatched the plot to massacre the royal family way back in 1975 "because he was angry over the massive wealth they had amassed abroad".
He said if even 40 per cent of the fortune had been invested in Nepal, it would have transformed the country's economy that owes billions of rupees in foreign debts.
Sherchan, who also said he had tapes to prove his claim, said he had asked the royal family to invest a part of their money in Nepal but they and jailed him.
The claim came a day before Nepal celebrates Gaijatra festival regarded as an 'April fool' day and was regarded as a bluff by the media.
Meanwhile, a former aide to the King said he had no knowledge of any man named Tul Prasad Sherchan being chief of the Palace's intelligence department.
"I also heard about him from the news," said Sagar Timilsina, an aide to the former King.
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