The team of the department reached Dahal's residence in Khumaltar on Tuesday and collected the burnt notes and details of the incident site and prepared a bond.
The Asset Laundering Investigation Department has taken up the case of burnt notes and burnt house at the residence of former Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal and proceeded with the investigation.
The team of the department reached Dahal's residence at Khumaltar on Tuesday and collected the burnt notes and details of the incident site and prepared a bond.
Government and public structures, party offices and leaders' residences were also targeted in the vandalism and arson that took place on August 24. During that time, the houses of Dahal, Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba and the then minister Deepak Khadka were set on fire.
After the fire, the videos and pictures showing the burnt money kept in the house were released. Then questions were raised about the source of the money and the reason it was kept in the house.
The Money Laundering Department has now started investigating the source of the money, its legal status and possible cases related to money laundering.
At present, police have tightened security at Dahal's residence and outsiders are barred from entering.
Similarly, on October 6, the Asset Laundering Investigation Department launched an investigation into the money allegedly found in the burnt house of Congress Chairman Sher Bahadur Deuba and outgoing Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Deepak Khadka. The team of the
department reached the burnt house of Deuba and Khadka last Sunday and started the investigation. The team collected some pieces of burnt notes from both the houses and ashes from the surrounding area.
On August 24, protesters ransacked and set fire to houses in Budanilkanth of Deuba and Khadka. After the arson, videos of Nepali and foreign notes burning in their houses were published on social media. Those videos and photos have not been forensically examined. On the third day after the house was burnt down, the police stopped outsiders from entering the houses of both the leaders. After a week and a half of the incident, the department is investigating.
If it is confirmed that the ashes and pieces taken as samples by the
department are real notes, they will be dragged into the investigation of money laundering, and the property thus acquired will also come under investigation and investigation. On the other hand, an officer of the Revenue Investigation Department also informed that they are investigating the issue of Nepali and foreign currency found in the burning house of the leader on 'notice'.
