Former Nepali premier Deuba returns home, faces graft probe
Sher Bahadur Deuba left Nepal in February for medical treatment abroad, while an arrest warrant was issued against him in April.
Former Nepali prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has returned home after a six-month absence for medical treatment. Deuba, 80, is facing allegations of money laundering. He was granted a warm welcome by hundreds of supporters lining the streets leading to Tribhuvan airport in Kathmandu. The opposition Nepali Congress party leader and his wife, former foreign minister Arzu Rana Deuba, are under arrest warrants issued by Nepal police.
The warrants were issued a month after Prime Minister Balendra Shah's landslide victory on a platform of youth-driven political change. Deuba, who served as president of the Nepali Congress until January, has strongly denied the allegations of money laundering. The Nepal police spokesman, Abi Narayan Kafle, revealed that Deuba's case is being handled by the Department of Money Laundering Investigation.
Authorities have also provided security at the airport and to his rally, citing his status as a former prime minister.
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