KATHMANDU: Businessman Sulav Agrawal, arrested on charges of money laundering, has been remanded in custody for five days by the Kathmandu District Court.
The court’s decision came after a debate on whether he should remain in custody or be released on bail, following the release of his father, Shankar Agrawal, earlier. Both Shankar and Sulav had been taken into custody by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) Nepal Police.
Sulav Agrawal was arrested on Saturday and is being held at the Lalitpur District Police Office. His father, Shankar, had been released the previous day.
Sulav has a prior arrest record; in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he was arrested for selling thermal guns at inflated prices and was later released on bail.
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