Kathmandu, May 17 -- Days after a new government led by Balendra Shah took office, Nepal Police, on April 7, issued arrest warrants against Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his wife, former Foreign Minister Arju Rana Deuba.

Since the Deuba couple was not in the country - they had left Nepal just before the March 5 elections for Singapore and had not returned - police, at the request of the Department of Money Laundering Investigation (DMLI), also sent correspondence to Interpol seeking a Red Notice against them. The request aimed to bring them to Nepal for investigation under allegations of money laundering.

Based on reports and social media posts, the couple was said to be in Hong Kong at the time of the correspondence. Kantipur c...