KATHMANDU: Former Finance Minister and CPN-UML Vice Chair Bishnu Paudel has been produced before the Special Court for an extension of his judicial remand as authorities continue investigating him in a money laundering case.
Paudel was arrested in Surkhet on Monday, June 22 (Asar 8), under an arrest warrant issued in connection with an alleged money laundering offense, and was subsequently brought to Kathmandu for investigation.
The Department of Money Laundering Investigation had initially sought permission to keep him in custody for 20 days.
On June 23, the Special Court granted investigators a seven-day remand. Following the expiry of that period, Paudel was again presented before the court on Monday to seek an extension of his custody for further investigation.
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