Case against ex-minister

The Department of Money Laundering Investigation on Friday registered a case at the Special Court against disgraced former state minister and lawmaker Sanjay Kumar Sah. Case against ex-minister

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Published at : March 31, 2018

Updated at : March 31, 2018 08:04

Kathmandu

The Department of Money Laundering Investigation on Friday registered a case at

the Special Court against disgraced former state minister and lawmaker Sanjay Kumar Sah.

Sah faces accusations of several murders and complicity in the Janakpur bomb blast of 2012. The charges against him include amassing Rs320.45 million by means of murder, abduction and extortion, the department said in a statement.

Police arrested Sah in May 2014 for the April 30, 2012 explosion in Janakpur in which five people died and 32 were injured. He is also charged with murdering Janakpur Today Communications Group Chairman Arun Singhaniya in Janakpur on March 1, 2010.

The Supreme Court on September 18, 2015 had upheld Janakpur Appellate Court’s verdict on jailing Sah for possessing illegal arms.

DMLI Information Officer Binod Lamichhane said the case against Sah was the largest ever on money laundering to date. The department has named 12 other defendants including Sah’s family members—father Sadhusah Sudhi, mother Dulari Devi Sah, wife Rangila Kumari Sah, and brother Ram Kumar Sah. The other accused are Manoj Kumar Singh, Nilam Singh, Ram Milan Raut Kurmi, Om Prakash Yadav and Sujit Kumar Pandey, among others.