Deuba set to return after five months abroad amid questions over his family’s financing
Summary
Sher Bahadur Deuba is returning to Nepal after five months abroad, as questions mount over who financed his family’s extended stay and medical treatment. The money-laundering probe involving Deuba, his wife Arzu Rana and their son Jaybir Singh Deuba is intensifying alongside a fresh legal battle over Nepali Congress leadership.
Key Points
- Sher Bahadur Deuba is set to arrive in Kathmandu on Thursday after a five-month stay in Singapore and Hong Kong that he said was for medical treatment.
- Authorities say the source of funding for his family’s foreign travel and treatment remains unclear amid an ongoing money-laundering investigation and frozen assets.
- The Supreme Court has reopened the Nepali Congress leadership dispute, while Deuba’s faction prepares a welcome and steps up its challenge to Gagan Thapa’s camp.
- Investigators from the DoMLI and CIAA are expected to question the Deuba family once they appear before the agencies.
