Kathmandu. Former minister and Nepali Congress leader Deepak Khadka has been transferred to the Department of Money Laundering Investigation.

Minister for Water Resources and Irrigation Khadka was arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) on Tuesday. Khadka, who was arrested on the charge of money laundering, has been sent to the Department for further investigation.

The department will now investigate and prosecute the case against Khadka.

Demonstrators had vandalized Khadka’s house and burnt foreign currency notes during the Genji agitation on September 7 and 24.

The Department of Money Laundering Investigation is investigating the money found in Khadka’s house on fire.