New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Norwegian police on Thursday said that they have launched an "aggravated corruption" investigation into former Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland over his connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The country's foreign minister also said he would request that Jagland's immunity as a former head of an international organisation be set aside to allow the investigation to proceed.

Jagland served as Norway's prime minister from 1996 to 1997 and as secretary general of the Council of Europe from 2009 to 2019. From January 2009 to March 2015, he also chaired the committee responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prize winner.

As per AFP, the police said, "have opened an investigation into... Thorbjorn Jagland...