. Police have arrested Shankar Agrawal, the proprietor of Shankar Group, on the charge of money laundering. A team of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) arrested Agrawal from Kathmandu on Friday.

The Department of Money Laundering Investigation (PMLA) had sent a letter to the bureau to arrest Agrawal and produce him before the court as part of the process.TAG_OPEN_p_3 According to the police, the bureau has arrested him at the request of the department and initiated the necessary legal process.

The department is continuing to investigate further details regarding Agrawal’s assets, transactions and financial activities.TAG_OPEN_p_2