Kathmandu. The Department of Money Laundering Investigation has filed a supplementary charge sheet against 16 persons, including CPN-UML vice-chair Bishnu Prasad Poudel, at the Special Court.

The charge sheet was filed after further investigation into the case of Deepak Bhatta. Six persons, including Bishnu Prasad Poudel, and 10 companies have been chargesheeted in the chargesheet.

The department has slapped a claim of Rs 20.90 crore against Poudel. He has also demanded confiscation of Rs 6,34,545 from his account with Everest Bank Limited.

Poudel was arrested from the party’s programme venue in Surkhet on June 8.