KATHMANDU: Former Finance Minister and CPN-UML Vice Chair Vishnu Prasad Paudel has been taken into custody for investigation in connection with a money laundering case and is being brought to Kathmandu via Nepalgunj, police said.
According to the District Police Office, Surkhet, Paudel was detained on Monday evening based on an arrest warrant issued by the Department of Money Laundering Investigation, Pulchowk, Lalitpur.
Police said he was located at Shubh Hotel in Birendranagar Municipality–3, Surkhet, during a search operation carried out after receiving an official email from the department directing his arrest under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2008.
He was taken into custody at around 5:15 pm, informed of the arrest warrant, and completed formal legal procedures before being handed over to the Department of Money Laundering Investigation for further action.
The police further stated that Paudel, a resident of Lalitpur Metropolitan City–25, was initially prepared to be transported by road. However, arrangements were later changed, and he is now being flown to Kathmandu from Nepalgunj on a Shree Airlines flight.
Further investigation into the case is underway, authorities said.
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