Government Prosecutor Directs Police to Investigate Laxmi Khatiwada in Honey Trap Case, Police Deny Receiving Order

Kathmandu. It is the duty of the police office or official to obey the instructions of the government attorney in the matter of prosecution, but what happens if the police office or police official does not obey the instructions given by the government attorney's office?

This is what has happened between the District Government Attorney's Office, Lalitpur, and the Lalitpur Police.

The subject is the criminal gain, money laundering, and organized crime case involving Tulsi (Tulsa) Adhikari, also known as a honey trap case. The District Government Attorney's Office, Lalitpur, had directed that Laxmi Khatiwada, a friend of the accused Tulsi Adhikari, also be investigated, alleging that the police had conducted a selective investigation and prosecution in this case.

However, the District Police Range, Lalitpur, and the Satdobato Police Station have not only disobeyed the government attorney's instructions but are also lying by claiming that no letter has been received for investigation.

Based on the police report from the Satdobato Police Station, the District Government Attorney's Office, Lalitpur, had filed a case in the Lalitpur District Court against TikToker Tulsi Adhikari and 9 other individuals, as well as Tulsa Collection as a natural person. While filing the case for criminal gain, money laundering, and organized crime, the government attorney's office had also directed an investigation into Nepali Congress leader Laxmi Khatiwada, stating that she appeared to be an accomplice in Tulsi's criminal activities.

Bharat Kumar Mainali, Assistant District Attorney at the District Government Attorney's Office, Lalitpur, had written a letter to the Satdobato Police Station on Chaitra 19, 2082, directing further investigation into Laxmi Khatiwada.

The letter, dated Chaitra 19, 2082, has the letter number 082/83 and dispatch number 7279.

• See the letter

Although the District Government Attorney's Office, Lalitpur, sent a letter to the Satdobato Police Station on Chaitra 19, the Lalitpur police have not initiated any investigation into Laxmi Khatiwada so far.

First, let's understand what the criminal gain, money laundering, and organized crime case involving Tulsi Adhikari is, and what the allegations are regarding Laxmi Khatiwada's involvement.

In the 475-page charge sheet filed by the District Government Attorney's Office, Lalitpur, in the Lalitpur District Court, it was recommended that further investigation be conducted into Laxmi Khatiwada, who is also a leader of the Nepali Congress. The charge sheet mentions that Nepali Congress leader Laxmi Khatiwada and Tulsi Adhikari have a close relationship, that they traveled abroad together, that Tulsi sent Rs 987,000 to Laxmi Khatiwada's bank account through Nelika Lamichhane, and that she also played a suspicious role in a case in the Parsa District Court.

Although a relationship was observed between Congress leader Khatiwada and Tulsi Adhikari, and there was a possibility of their involvement in criminal activities, it was found that the police had not investigated Laxmi Khatiwada at all, with the intention of protecting her. Despite reasons such as financial transactions and traveling abroad with Tulsi's money, the Satdobato Police Station did not conduct any investigation into her involvement in the crime, prompting the government attorney's office to request further investigation into Laxmi Khatiwada.

• What is the relationship between Tulsi Adhikari and Laxmi Khatiwada?

The relationship between TikToker Tulsi Adhikari and Congress leader Laxmi Khatiwada appears to be that of sisters on the surface. Khatiwada, who has been continuously advocating for Tulsi, allegedly kidnapped and threatened Kumar Chimoriya, the complainant, from her own office, as mentioned by the complainant in various media interviews previously. The complainant Kumar Chimoriya had also accused Laxmi Khatiwada of involvement in Adhikari's criminal gain, money laundering, and organized crime offenses.

Leader Khatiwada, who is close to TikToker Tulsi Adhikari, has also been found to travel abroad with Tulsi, and Tulsi has been found to have given nearly 1 million rupees to Laxmi Khatiwada through Nelika Lamichhane.

In the police investigation, it was found that Tulsi Adhikari repeatedly recharged Laxmi's mobile, made purchases for her, and transferred money to her through Nelika Lamichhane, which Nelika Lamichhane also revealed in her statement to the police.

Furthermore, it was presented in the police's opinion report that a total of Rs 987,104.60 was given, including Rs 979,804.35 sent from Nelika Lamichhane's Prime Commercial Bank account to Laxmi Khatiwada's bank account, phone number, and personal name between 2023 and 2025, and also through mobile recharge.

Additionally, it was found that Rs 36,393 was sent to Manju Rai on May 2, 2025, Rs 36,392 again on August 8, 2025, and Rs 80,000 through Sanjay Silwal on November 12, 2025, with the remark 'Laxmi Khatiwada'.

• Suspicion of Laxmi's manipulation in the case in Parsa district!

It was revealed from the investigation that Congress leader Laxmi Khatiwada might have manipulated the court case, not just the criminal gain and money laundering case of TikToker Tulsi Adhikari.

In the statement made by Santosh Kumar Ghimire, who has connections with Tulsa Collection, Tulsi Adhikari, and Nelika Lamichhane, it was mentioned that Laxmi Khatiwada assisted in the court case proceedings and that the money was given for the purpose of 'return'.

In the charge sheet filed in the Lalitpur District Court, Ghimire stated:

'Santosh Subedi is an employee working as a manager at Green Tara International Overseas Pvt. Ltd., which I operate. A cooperative fraud case was registered against my wife, Neha Poudel, at the District Police Office, Parsa, and after investigation, the District Court, Parsa, demanded bail of Rs 11 million. As the banking transaction time had also expired, it was difficult to submit the demanded bail amount. Therefore, through Diwakar Kumar Upadhyay, whom I know, I requested Kunal Kumar Jaiswal and Ajay Kumar Chaurasia from Birgunj, Parsa, who are known to my acquaintance Laxmi Khatiwada didi, and they provided me with Rs 2.4 million in cash. As I lacked the funds to return this amount to Laxmi Khatiwada didi, through her acquaintance Pratibadi Tulsa alias Tulsi Adhikari, Rs 10 lakh was returned to Kunal Kumar Jaiswal's bank account, Rs 10 lakh to Ajay Kumar Chaurasia's bank account, and Rs 4 lakh to Aditya International's bank account, totaling Rs 2.4 million. As I have to return the returned amount to Tulsi Adhikari, a few days later, through my father-in-law Bhupendra Poudel, Rs 4 lakh in cash was deposited into the bank account of Tulsa Collection, operated by Tulsa alias Tulsi Adhikari, and Santosh Subedi, who works in my company, took a loan of Rs 2 million by mortgaging his wife's jewelry and transferred the amount from the loan to the account of Tulsa Collection Pvt. Ltd. operated by Tulsi Adhikari as repayment.'

Similarly, Santosh Subedi admitted in his statement to the police that the amount was given.

Santosh Subedi stated in his statement to the police:

'I am working as a manager at Green Tara International Overseas Pvt. Ltd., located in Kusunti, Lalitpur Metropolitan City Ward No. 14, Lalitpur District. The operator of the said company is Santosh Kumar Ghimire. The operator of the company where I work told me that there is a problem and I need to withdraw money by mortgaging my wife's jewelry. Accordingly, I went to Nepal Bank's New Road branch and took a loan of Rs 2 million by mortgaging gold jewelry, which was credited to my account. The operator of the company stated that his wife has a cooperative fraud case in the District Court, Parsa, and asked me to deposit the money into the account of Tulsa Collection Pvt. Ltd. as requested by a friend to keep the bail amount set by the court. Therefore, as instructed, I deposited a total of Rs 2 million in two installments into the Kumari Bank account of Tulsa Collection Pvt. Ltd.'

Thus, the two statements from Santoshkumar Ghimire and Santosh Subedi claim that the amount was taken for the purpose of depositing bail in the cooperative fraud case in Parsa district, and Laxmi Khatiwada coordinated in it.

It is noteworthy that at that time, Nepali Congress leader Ajay Kumar Chaurasia was the Minister of Law and was an elected representative from the Parsa district. However, the police have not investigated whether the Ajay Kumar Chaurasia mentioned here and the Ajay Kumar Chaurasia to whom the money was allegedly taken or given are the same person or different individuals.

• Direction to further investigate and prosecute Laxmi

In its charge sheet, the District Government Attorney's Office, Lalitpur, indicated that further investigation into Congress leader Laxmi Khatiwada was necessary and that a supplementary charge sheet could be filed later. As no investigation or prosecution had been carried out against Laxmi in the original charge filed earlier, it was stated that a supplementary charge would be filed under Section 35 of the Muluki Criminal Offenses Code, 2074, with the preparation to file a supplementary charge, and further investigation was requested.

The government attorney's office, considering the call detail reports showing continuous contact between Laxmi Khatiwada, Tulsi Adhikari, and Nelika Lamichhane, TikTok videos, evidence of traveling abroad together, the transfer of Rs 987,000 from Nelika's bank account to Laxmi's account, the statements of Santoshkumar Ghimire and Santosh Subedi indicating that large sums of money were transferred under Laxmi's verbal instructions, and the threats made by Laxmi to the complainant, directed further investigation into Laxmi Khatiwada.

In the section 'Other matters to be disclosed' of the original charge sheet, it is stated:

'Similarly, during the investigation, it was found that Laxmi Khatiwada, whose name surfaced, remained in continuous and repeated contact with the main accused Tulsa alias Tulsi Adhikari through phone and other social media including TikTok even after the accused absconded in this case. Analysis of the CDR obtained during the investigation and TikTok videos attached to the file also showed continuous contact with another accused, Nelika Lamichhane. It was observed that Laxmi Khatiwada, along with accused Tulsi Adhikari and accused Nelika Lamichhane, traveled abroad together and stayed together in Nepal. In the statement of Santosh Ghimire, who was questioned during the investigation, it was revealed that the accused Tulsi Adhikari deposited Rs 10 lakh each into the accounts of Ajay Kumar Chaurasia and Kunal Kumar Jaiswal as per the instructions of Laxmi Khatiwada, indicating an indirect transaction with the accused Tulsi Adhikari. In her statement during the investigation, accused Nelika Lamichhane stated that Santosh Ghimire paid for her ticket when they went abroad together with the accused Tulsi Adhikari and her daughter .... Neupane and Laxmi Khatiwada. It was observed from the bank statement that accused Nelika Lamichhane made payments totaling Rs 987,104.60 for Laxmi Khatiwada through mobile banking from her Prime Commercial Bank account no. 002010000....0133 to her mobile numbers 98011....4 and 98511....4, including 12 mobile recharges totaling Rs 7,300.25. An audio recording is also attached to the file, in which the complainant hears the dialogue, 'Don't tell Laxmi Khatiwada didi that I came,' during the process of threatening the complainant, indicating that Laxmi Khatiwada was in contact with the accused Tulsi Adhikari and accused Nelika Lamichhane. Therefore, it is requested that further investigation into her case be continued, and a claim be made for filing a supplementary charge for the offenses of criminal gain and money laundering as per Section 35 of the Muluki Criminal Offenses Code, 2074, if further evidence is found later.'

Despite these facts and suspicions of involvement in the crime, the government attorney's office directed the Satdobato Police Station to conduct further investigation, alleging that the police had protected Laxmi Khatiwada in the case of criminal gain, money laundering, and organized crime involving TikToker Tulsi Adhikari.

• Police say - No instruction received

Meanwhile, SP Gautam Kumar Mishra, who is also the spokesperson for the District Police Range, Lalitpur, claimed that no letter had been received from the government attorney's office regarding Laxmi Khatiwada. He stated that there was no reason to further investigate Laxmi Khatiwada and that no such letter had been received from the government attorney's office.

Although Mishra claimed that no letter was received regarding the investigation into Congress leader Khatiwada, the letter obtained by Ratopati clearly states the need for further investigation. However, the police have been found to have played a role in exonerating a specific individual by conducting a selective investigation into Khatiwada without any investigation.