Nepal, Sept. 27 -- Within the CPN (Maoist Center), central committee members have demanded investigations into alleged financial irregularities during the management of former combatants and into the assets of party leaders who rose to influential positions after the peace process.

At the party's central committee meeting, member Laxman Datta Pant tabled a proposal calling for internal investigations into the misuse of funds during the peace process. He highlighted reports of embezzlement worth Rs 2.82 billion from combatant camps and sought a detailed probe. Pant also demanded that the wealth of all leaders who assumed key posts after the peace process be investigated.

Pant cited an example from 2008 when then-communications minister K...