Among the top leaders involved in the money laundering investigation, former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his family are abroad. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has stated that the investigation will not be stopped even if the suspect is abroad.

According to Deuba's nephew Bhanu Deuba, who is also his personal secretary, both former Prime Minister Deuba and his wife, former Minister Arju Rana Deuba, are in Hong Kong. They reached Hong Kong via Singapore. 'They are in Hong Kong for treatment,' Bhanu told Kantipur, 'The former Prime Minister has a follow-up on Thursday, and the former Minister is there because he needs surgery on both knees.' The Deuba couple's son Jaybir is also abroad.

The Money Laundering Investigation Department is also investigating the Deuba couple, former Prime Ministers KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal, and former Minister Deepak Khadka. Khadka was arrested on Sunday for the investigation  . The department has been conducting a money laundering investigation with the help of the CIB recently . CIB Chief AIG Manoj KC said that if the accused is not present or arrested during the investigation period, they will proceed according to the law and the previously adopted methods and procedures . ‘If the person under investigation is not found in a situation where it is necessary to arrest him, we will seek help from diplomatic and Interpol mechanisms, and the same is happening in the ongoing investigation,’ he said .

Intensification of money laundering investigation against former Prime Ministers Deuba, Oli and Dahal

On 24 Bhadra, protesters also assaulted the Deuba couple . That day, they were rescued by the army and taken to the hospital . The Deuba couple, who had been in the hospital for a few weeks, had new passports made on 3 Asoj .

When the residence was attacked, Deuba was in a public position as a member of the House of Representatives, while Arju was the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Diplomatic passports were issued in their names in 2079 BS. It was reported that both of their diplomatic passports were burned. They had taken visas to Thailand as soon as they got new ordinary passports. But on 10 Kartik, they went to Singapore for medical treatment. They returned on 28 Kartik, while Deuba flew back to Singapore on 13 Falgun. Arju, citing personal reasons, went to Delhi, India, via Tribhuvan Airport on 21 Poush. From there, she reached Singapore.

Jaybir had left Nepal for Thailand on 17 Bhadau. It seems that he returned to Kathmandu from Thailand three days ago on 14 Bhadau. It seems that Jaybir had traveled to Nepal-Thailand several times before that. Jaybir reached Thailand from Kathmandu on 7th Shrawan and returned on 22nd Shrawan. According to his close associates, he is currently in Hong Kong. According to immigration records, he does not appear to have left Nepal for Hong Kong.

Deuba's nephew Prakash Bahadur Deuba and Arju's brother Bhushan Rana are also abroad. Prakash is a member of the Sudurpaschim Provincial Assembly. He reached India by land in the last week of Bhadra. According to his close associates, he has already reached the US. Prakash appears to have last arrived in Kathmandu from Delhi via Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport on 4th Shrawan. Since then, he has not been seen moving from the airport.

According to the Provincial Assembly records, Prakash was last present on 15th Shrawan. After being absent for more than 6 months, the Provincial Assembly has also stopped all kinds of services and facilities available to him as an MP, effective from 1st Falgun.

Bhushan had gone abroad before the Gen-G movement. He has also been implicated in the money laundering investigation. The department had raided Bhushan's residence in Jawalakhel on 12 Asoj and seized some equipment and documents. A few days later, the department also raided the houses of Bhushan and other relatives of Deuba and seized documents. This has been kept secret.

The Money Laundering Investigation Department had started the investigation last Asoj by collecting samples of burnt currency notes and ashes from the residences of Deuba, Dahal and Khadka. Protesters had burnt former Prime Minister Oli's residence in Balkot, but no burnt currency notes were found there. After the initial investigation, the department, with the help of the CIB, has started a detailed investigation against three former prime ministers, two former ministers and their relatives and relatives. Former Prime Minister Oli, who has been implicated in the money laundering investigation, was arrested on Saturday in an investigation related to the suppression of the 23 Bhadra movement.

According to retired administrator Rupnarayan Bhattarai, who is also the former director general of the department, even if the person involved in the investigation is abroad, the investigation and prosecution are carried out according to the methods, methods and procedures that have been adopted since the past. Investigation of money laundering is not as easy as others, he says, the issue of what crime was committed in it and how the money was laundered from the crime committed in this way is important.

‘Even now, various issues have come to light, the issue of what crime was laundered in this should be established, in such a situation, if it is seen that the accused has gone abroad during the investigation and if contact is established, the investigator should formally request him to come,’ he says, ‘If that does not work, the accused can be brought by issuing a public notice or if that does not work, by issuing a red notice through Interpol.’ On the other hand, Bhattarai says that the country concerned should also be ready to send the accused to Nepal and that will depend on diplomatic capacity.

Krishna Poudel, the party's chief secretary when former Prime Minister Deuba was the president of the Nepali Congress, said that since the Deuba couple are undergoing treatment, the decision on when they will return will be made based on the doctors' opinion. 'They will return as soon as their treatment is complete, they have gone abroad for medical treatment,' he said.

After senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Balendra Shah became the prime minister, the government has prioritized the investigation of the assets of former high-ranking officials and employees. The 100-item agenda approved by the first meeting of the Council of Ministers states that the assets of leaders and high-ranking employees who have held public positions since 2048 will be investigated. The government has announced the formation of a high-level mechanism for that.