Kathmandu. Finance Secretary Dr. Dhanashyam Upadhyay and Director General of the Department of Money Laundering (DoI) Gajendra Kumar Thakur have been found to be involved in the scam with businessmen Shahil Agrawal and Deepak Bhatta.

While investigating Bhatt, Agrawal and others in the money laundering case, it has come to light that the company with their main ownership has invested in the money-laundering case.

Upadhyay has acquired 10,000 units of shares in Nepal Micro Insurance Company in the name of his spouse Bhagawati Upadhyaya.

Secretary Upadhyay said that he bought the shares when he was the joint secretary. The source of the property at the time of purchase of these shares is valid and the payment was made through a cheque from Everest Bank on February 1, 2022.

Due to personal privacy, we have made the account number invisible.

Similarly, Director General Thakur has acquired 20,000 units of shares in Himalayan Reinsurance Company in the name of his wife Rakhi Niharika Thakur.

Now that the department is investigating Bhatt Agrawal, the question has been raised whether the investigation will be affected as they are also partners of the same company.