Kathmandu, November 3
The 25 alleged gamblers who were arrested at a gambling den last week will also face a money-laundering investigation, police say. The law enforcers have been calling the arrestees ‘VIP gamblers’ as they confiscated a significant amount of money from them.
Suspecting that they amassed their property illegally, police also forwarded the case to the Department of Money Laundering Investigation. A source says police have sent a letter to the department saying they could not reveal the source of their property.
Earlier, 11 of the arrestees had filed a habeas corpus petition at the Supreme Court demanding their detention was illegal. However, the court did not entertain their plea.
While arresting them, police had confiscated Rs 24.7 million and a cheque worth Rs 300,000.
