Kathmandu, April 15 -- Former minister and Nepali Congress leader Deepak Khadka, who has been drawn into a money laundering investigation, is now facing separate probes into alleged tax evasion and corruption.

The Department of Money Laundering Investigation has written to the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) seeking action on corruption-related allegations, while also referring the case to the Department of Revenue Investigation for examination of suspected tax evasion.

In a parallel move, the Department of Money Laundering Investigation forwarded the case file to the Department of Revenue Investigation, which subsequently took Khadka into custody. The Lalitpur District Court on Monday granted a three-day deten...