Secretary Krishnahari Pushkar Under Investigation for Property

Kathmandu. Secretary Krishna Hari Pushkar, working in reserve at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, has been investigated for his property. The Department of Investigation of Money Laundering has started an investigation into his property, a department official told Ratopati.

On May 21, the police took him into custody and interrogated him in connection with the incident of sending a message to Prime Minister Balen Shah. After that, he was removed from the Office of the Vice President and kept in reserve. He had sent a message to Prime Minister Balen Shah's hotline number informing him about filling the ambassadorial form and requested cooperation. Pushkar, originally from Jaleshwor-4 Suga in Mahottari, and Prime Minister Shah are from the same district.

The Prime Minister's secretariat claims that Pushkar violated the 'chain of command' and sent a message to Prime Minister Shah for personal gain. Pushkar was in the competition to become the Chief Secretary. However, he lost that opportunity after the government appointed Suman Raj Aryal as the Chief Secretary on November 25, 2025. He is retiring on July 9.

Sources claim that Prime Minister Shah has received documents and facts indicating that Pushkar gained economic benefits when he became the Revenue Secretary after September 3, 2021. Pushkar had also served as the Secretary of the General Administration and the Ministry of Finance. At that time, Shah was the Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Pushkar stated in his interrogation with the police that they used to talk during that time. 

It is said that the department has started investigating his property on the instructions of Prime Minister Shah after receiving information that Pushkar built a luxurious building in Kopan while he was the Revenue Secretary and made decisions with economic benefits. A department official says, 'The investigation has started to verify the source by looking at the decisions he made and his property details during the time the house was being built.'

With the formation of the Council of Ministers under the leadership of Balen Shah, the property of three former prime ministers is also being investigated. The Department of Investigation of Money Laundering has advanced the investigation into the property of former prime ministers Sher Bahadur Deuba, KP Sharma Oli, and Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'. That investigation has been ongoing since April 2025. During the investigation into the property of former prime ministers, the department took former minister Deepak Khadka into custody. Khadka is currently out on bail by order of the Supreme Court. 

On August 10, during the arson incident, pieces of burnt money were found in the houses of former prime ministers Deuba and Dahal. Burnt money was also found in the house of former minister Khadka.

Local administration has stopped the demolition of former prime minister Deuba's building in Budhanilkantha for investigation. The house that was set on fire during the Gen Z protest was being demolished to build a new structure there. However, the demolition of that building has been stopped by the order of the District Administration Office, Kathmandu.

During the Gen Z movement, dollars and Nepali rupees were found in burnt condition when protesters set fire. The Department of Investigation of Money Laundering had collected that money at that time. 

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