Director General of Department of Money Laundering Investigation Gajendra Thakur recalled to Finance Ministry

Kathmandu. Director General of the Department of Money Laundering Investigation, Gajendra Thakur, has been recalled to the Ministry of Finance. Sources at the Ministry of Finance confirmed that he was recalled on Thursday and has not been assigned any new responsibilities yet. Thakur became embroiled in controversy after shares were discovered in his wife's name in Star Micro Insurance, a company linked to intermediary Deepak Bhatta. Thakur, however, has maintained that the investment was made legally through bank loans and the Employees Provident Fund.  ...