Former Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel and others face money laundering charges

Kathmandu. UML leader and former Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel, businessman Deepak Bhatta, Subi Agarwal and seven others are preparing to file a charge sheet for money laundering. Based on the investigation conducted by the Department of Money Laundering Investigation, the Special Public Prosecutor's Office is preparing to file a money laundering case against defendants including Poudel.

Since a money laundering case has already been filed against Deepak Bhatta and others, a supplementary charge sheet is being filed against the accused, informed Deputy Attorney General of the Special Public Prosecutor's Office, Bhimsen Kafle. 'We are verifying the investigation report from the commission on money laundering,' said Deputy Attorney General Kafle, 'We will submit the charge sheet to the Special Court by 5 o'clock.' UML leader Poudel is being prepared to file a charge sheet demanding punishment as an accomplice for playing a role in hiding property from an unknown source.

In the supplementary charge, a charge of money laundering is being prepared to be filed in the Special Court against approximately 330 million rupees, more than 150 ropanis of land in various plots, and three hundred seventy-five thousand shares.