Kathmandu, July 2 -- After a hiatus of more than one year, the Department of Money Laundering Investigation has resumed its investigation into the alleged money laundering of Rs20 billion by controversial businessman Ajeya Raj Sumargi.

A senior official at the Prime Minister's Office, under which the department operates, said the department formed a three-member team of investigators about two months ago to resume the investigation into Sumargi's funds.

Although the case has been under the department's scanner for long, it had remained passive about the investigation, allegedly due to Sumargi's political clout.

"The department had remained passive for long after demanding some documents from Sumargi," said the PMO official who spoke on...