Nepal, March 29 -- The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has arrested Nepali Congress leader and former energy minister Deepak Khadka.

Additional Inspector General of Police Manoj KC, chief of CIB, said Khadka was taken into custody from Budhanilkantha on Sunday morning.

The Department of Money Laundering Investigation had earlier sent a letter to Police Headquarters seeking an inquiry into Khadka. Acting on the request, police detained him for further investigation.

Images and videos had surfaced showing burnt fragments of banknotes at the residences of Khadka and former prime ministers Sher Bahadur Deuba and Pushpa Kamal Dahal following the vandalism and arson on September 9.

The findings were later confirmed throug...