KATHMANDU: Accused of banking misconduct listed in Interpol’s ‘Red Corner’ notice Kedar Dhungana who had been staying in Portugal, has been brought to Nepal on Saturday.

According to Nepal Police sources, Dhungana, 43, of Bhumlu-1, Kavre, was brought to Kathmandu on Saturday by the Interpol branch of the Police Headquarters.

He was nabbed with the help of the Portuguese Police.

The convict was in the process of applying for a residence visa for Portugal via the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has informed that Dhungana has been taken into custody after being brought to Kathmandu. “He will be produced before the court when it opens tomorrow,” Bureau Director Deputy Inspector General of Police Dhiraj Pratap Singh said on Saturday.

There are 12 defendants, including Dungana, in the case of embezzling a loan of Rs 27.176 million from Dev Bikas Bank.

The police had started an investigation against Dhungana after receiving a written complaint on December 7, 2018.

Dhungana, along with Narayan Bahadur Shrestha and others, is guilty of embezzling Auto loan by making fake documents. There are five cases in Kathmandu District Court and 10 in Lalitpur district Court against Dhungana.

He was sentenced to one-year imprisonment and fined Rs 70,000 in all the 10 cases in the Lalitpur court. He had fled to the UAE after the court’s verdict on January 4, 2021. Others had been arrested.

Police had issued an arrest warrant on December 19, 2018, after Dhungana’s involvement was revealed from the statements of the defendants. However, after finding that Dhungana had been outside the country, Interpol had issued a diffusion notice on January 1, 2019.

Interpol had issued a red corner notice against Dhungana on April 14, 2021.