Nepal, Aug. 21 -- Khadka Bahadur Khatri was the minister for physical infrastructure development in Karnali Province until last week. He was sacked after the revelation of his involvement in a banking offence case. The Patan High Court has ordered his arrest but his whereabouts are not known. The judges' deadline to produce him before the court also has passed.

Now questions are being asked who Khadka Bahadur Khatri is.

Khatri has a long political and business history, according to multiple people the Post spoke to.

His career as a contractor and a politician began long before the restoration of democracy in 1990.

Khatri from Bheriganga Municipality-11, Surkhet, owned a huge clothing store before he made his foray into the constructio...