Bal Krishna Khand posts bail of Rs 3 million, taken to Dept of Money Laundering

Former Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand, who is to be released on bail by the order of the high court in connection to the fake Bhutanese refugee cases, has posted a bail of Rs 3 million on Friday.

Now, Khand has been taken to the Department of Money Laundering.

The central jail administration presented Khand before the department to fulfill the due legal process.

Police had suggested that the Department of Money Laundering and the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority should also investigate against Khand who was arrested in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam.

That is why, the department and CIAA will re-investigate against Khand.

Khand will be released if both the agencies agreed to release him on bail.

A single bench of Judge Krishna Ram Koirala on Thursday had issued an order to release Khand on bail.

After the Kathmandu District Court issued an order to send 16 individuals including former Home Minister Khand to the prison in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam, they filed an appeal at the high court on August 1, 2023.

Hearing the same petition, the Patan High Court on December 1 issued an order to keep the then Home Secretary Tek Narayan Pandey, former minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Indrajit Rai, security advisor of the then Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, Angtawa Sherpa, Keshav Dulal, Sanu Bhandari, Sagar Rai, Govinda Kumar Chaudhary aka Bikram and Sandesh Sharma in custody.

Similarly, the court issued an order to release Teknath Rijal on a bail of Rs 1.5 million, Sandeep Rayamajhi on a bail of Rs 3 million and Narendra KC on a bail of Rs 1 million.

The high court also issued an order to release Hari Bhakta Maharjan, Laxmi Maharjan, Shumsher Miya, Ashish Budhathoki, Tek Gurung, Ram Sharan KC and Keshav Tuladhar on bail.