Former Energy Minister Deepak Khadka Presented in Court Over Money Laundering Case

Kathmandu. Former Energy Minister and Nepali Congress leader Deepak Khadka has been presented before the Kathmandu District Court for an extension of his remand in a money laundering case. Khadka was presented before the District Court a short while ago.

Khadka, who also served as the former Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, was arrested by Nepal Police's CIB on Sunday morning. During the recent 'Genji' protests last Bhadra, demonstrators vandalized and set fire to Khadka's house.

Videos showing Nepali and foreign currency burning at his house following the arson were made public on social media. The Department of Money Laundering Investigation is currently investigating the money found burned at Khadka's residence.

The department had previously collected some fragments of the burned notes and ash from the vicinity of Khadka's house.