Nepal’s former energy minister Deepak Khadka was arrested on Sunday in connection with a money laundering investigation, AFP quoted the country’s police as saying.
The arrest came a day after former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested in a case related to the alleged suppression of youth-led protests in Nepal in September. Oli had resigned as the prime minister amid the protests on September 9.
On Friday, former Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah was sworn in as prime minister.
On Sunday, Shiva Kumar Shrestha, a spokesperson for the country’s Central Investigation Bureau, told AFP that Khadka “was arrested this morning in a case relating to money laundering".
He added that the Department of Money Laundering Investigation will oversee the investigation.
Nepal’s home affairs minister Sudan Gurung said on social media that Khadka had been “detained today in connection with the investigation of the money recovered from his residence during the September 9 protest”. At least 72 persons were killed in these protests, while government and private properties worth billions were damaged.
The protests were sparked by the Nepali government’sban on 26 social media platforms on September 4. Although the Oli government lifted the social media ban on September 8, the agitation had by then evolved into a broader protest against alleged corruption and misgovernance.
The demonstrations were described as a protest mainly...
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