Kathmandu, Jan. 11 (PTI): Nepal’s former crown prince Paras Shah, who was involved in a brawl with family members of the deputy Prime Minister, Sujata Koirala, last month, may no longer be protected by the Nepal Army’s elite security guards, a news report said today.

Paras, 38, well-known for his playboy lifestyle, was freed on bail after being arrested for firing his gun at a forest resort in Chitwan during a late-night drunken brawl with Koirala’s son-in-law and daughter on December 11 last year.

The army is in no mood to deploy its personnel for Paras’s security, the myrepublica website said quoting a source in the Nepal Army.

“While the ex-royals get out on drinking sprees and recreational activities, how long can commoners’ sons become scapegoats of their misconduct,” the source was quoted as saying.

The former royals continue to enjoy the security of the elite guards from the Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Nepal Army. The guards are paid by the state.