Preparations underway to handover Khand to Dept of Money Laundering, CIAA

KATHMANDU: Preparations are underway to handover former Home Minister and Nepali Congress leader Bal Krishna Khand, who was released after posting a bail of Rs 3 million set by the Patan High Court on Thursday, to the Department of Money Laundering and the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).

Earlier, the two agencies had written to the prison administration to handover Khand to them for further investigation.

Both the agencies have been investigating the accused including Khand in the fake Bhutanese refugee case.