Kathmandu, March 29 -- The Kathmandu District Court has granted permission to keep former minister and Nepali Congress leader Deepak Khadka in custody for seven days for investigation into a money laundering case.

Court information officer Deepak Shrestha said the court authorised the seven-day remand following a request from investigators.

Khadka, who was arrested by police on Sunday morning, was produced before the Kathmandu District Court later in the evening for an extension of custody.

Police detained him on the basis of an urgent arrest warrant as part of an ongoing investigation led by the Department of Money Laundering Investigation, with support from the Central Investigation Bureau.

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