Former State Minister and sitting Member of Parliament Lharkyal Lama was arrested after 14 rounds of bullets were found in his bank locker during a raid conducted by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA). The CIAA had been investigating into a money laundering case against the controversial UCPN-Maoist leader, who was forced to resign from the Jhala Nath Khanal-led government in 2011 following allegations that he held Indian passport and Tibetan refugee card.