5 crore 1.5 million rupees and 17 thousand 945 grams (about 18 kg) gold in the bank were stolen
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Nepal Rastra Bank Governor Vishwanath Paudel said in a podcast with Sushant Pradhan that there was no major damage in the financial sector and that 5.5 crores and 18 kg of gold were stolen from the National Commercial Bank. Now that video clip has become very viral.
This statement has been confirmed by Kantipur with Rashtra Bank and Rashtriya Commercial Bank. According to which, on August 24, the demonstrators attacked the parliament building in Baneshwas.
At the same time, the branch office of the National Commercial Bank in the Parliament building premises was also vandalized and looted. The bank has admitted that 5 million 15 million rupees and 17 thousand 945 grams (about 18 kg) of gold were stolen from the bank.
According to Pawan Regmi, information officer of the bank, all the gold in the customer's locker is safe . However, 17 thousand 945 grams of gold was stolen out of the loan collateral. The bank also said that the gold was insured as it was secured by the loan.
Moreover, Governor Paudel has been publicly saying that there is no major damage in the financial sector. According to him, 68 branches and extension counters, 69 ATMs of banks and financial institutions across the country have been vandalized and set on fire. Among them there are 25 branch offices and 43 extension counters. There are no details of much damage in those branches and extension counters. Among the damage that has been said, there is a broken glass of a window and arson. Similarly, the cost of setting up a branch and a counter is not the same.
Banks spend on branches based on customer traffic, their goodwill etc. . There is also no uniformity in the number of employees working in branches and extension counters. However, the National Bank has said that it is collecting data about the damage caused during the demonstration.
