Former Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel Named Defendant in Money Laundering Case; Company Directors Testify as Prosecution Witnesses

Kathmandu. In a case where former Finance Minister and CPN-UML leader Bishnu Poudel has been named as a defendant in a money laundering offense, company directors Chunnuprasad Poudel and Kamalkishor Malpani of Shriram Toba Company have been presented as government witnesses.

Based on the investigation report of the Department of Money Laundering, the Special Public Prosecutor's Office filed a case in the Special Court against CPN-UML leader Poudel with a claim of 20 crore 90 lakh rupees and against Deepak Bhatt with a claim of 47 crore 77 lakh 66 thousand 250 rupees, presenting Chunnuprasad and Kamalkishor as witnesses.