Kathmandu, Oct. 13 -- A money laundering case has been filed against Dev Kumar Nepali, mayor of Dhorpatan Municipality in Baglung, for allegedly embezzling cooperative funds amounting to Rs1.58 billion.

Acting on the recommendation of the Department of Money Laundering Investigation, the District Government Attorney's Office, Baglung, lodged the case at the Baglung District Court on September 8.

The department has demanded imprisonment ranging from two to fifteen years, a fine equal to double the amount embezzled, and the confiscation of 33 land plots, Rs1.2 million in cash, and Rs4 million in cooperative shares registered in Nepali's name.

According to the charge sheet, Nepali and 14 others, including former cooperative officials, all...