Deuba reschedules return to Nepal for daytime airport reception
Summary
Former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is returning to Nepal on August 13 for a daytime airport reception ahead of a major Nepali Congress gathering in Kathmandu. His prolonged stay abroad had coincided with money-laundering and criminal investigations involving him and Arzu Rana Deuba.
Key Points
- Sher Bahadur Deuba will arrive in Kathmandu at 12:25 pm on August 13 instead of the originally planned late-night landing on August 11.
- Nepali Congress leaders and cadres are preparing a large airport welcome as Deuba returns ahead of a national factional gathering from August 14 to 16.
- Deuba and his wife Arzu Rana Deuba have been under investigation by the Department of Money Laundering Investigation and the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police.
- Authorities sought Interpol Red Notices after arrest warrants were issued, but Interpol rejected the request and the Supreme Court later ordered that the warrants not be executed.
