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Crores of fraud from farmers by saying that they will give agricultural machinery as a subsidy

श्रावण २७, २०८१
Crores of fraud from farmers by saying that they will give agricultural machinery as a subsidy
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Highlights

  • Non-governmental organizations, teachers, cooperatives, members of parliament and others are among those who collect funds showing the temptation of grants
  • Only 829 farmers were cheated in Kailari Rural Municipality of Kailali, the farmers said that money was collected from other municipalities as well
  • Fund collection in Chait at the rate of 1 lakh to 1 lakh 35 thousand for providing power tiller till June and for irrigation motor at the rate of 12 thousand.

829 farmers of Kailari Rural Municipality of Kailali have been cheated by middlemen by showing them the temptation of subsidy. The middleman has collected 25% advance payment from the farmer for providing power tiller (hand tractor) and motor for drawing water for irrigation with 75% subsidy.

Intermediary organizations and individuals were initially tempted to provide farmers with 58,750 power tillers and 12,000 subsidized irrigation motors.

But the local representative assigned to collect the funds later said that although the irrigation motor is only 12,000, the power tiller should be given from 1,000 to 1,35,000. That amount was also cheaply paid by the farmer. According to the farmers, the market value of the power tiller is more than Rs.

After getting agricultural equipment at a cheap price, the farmer families of the poor community of Kailari raised money by making various strategies. Some sold house wool, bulls, some sold buffaloes, goats and some took loans from the village group on interest. Some took loans by mortgaging land. Farmers say that they started collecting funds last March to provide goods within the first week of June.

Even after the end of June, the farmers were suspected of being cheated as they did not receive the same. "I raised money by selling one half of the house for one lakh rupees," said Shiv Prasad Chaudhary, a farmer of Kailari-5, "later I paid the additional amount." But now I know, that group is a fraud group.'

It has been found that 100,000 to 100,000 to 100,000 was collected from 415 farmer families in all 9 wards of Kailari Rural Municipality. It has been found that funds have been collected from 414 farmers at the rate of 12,000 for irrigation motors. Farmers say that the middleman has collected about 5 crore rupees from everyone.

Puran Chowdhury of Kailari-6 said that 135,000 was taken from him to give power tiller. It has been seen that an NGO called Suro has made a plan to collect funds by forming a group of various organizations and individuals in Kailari Rural Municipality. Funds were collected by mobilizing five groups under the leadership of Sushila Khadka Ojha, president of Suro Nepal, which is registered as a non-profit organization.

Under the guidance of Yogesh Yogi (a resident of Kailari) who is the president of a child empowerment organization registered in Kathmandu, local teacher Vinod Chaudhary, president of Kalimai Multipurpose Cooperative Society Amrit Chaudhary of Kailari-5, president of Nepal Cooperative Ramsharan Mahato, president of Akhuwa Cooperative Society in Kailari Sitaram Chaudhary , it appears from the document that Shankar Chaudhary, the personal secretary of former minister Ghanshyam Chaudhary, who is also the leader of the Civil Liberation Party parliamentary party, was circulated to collect funds from farmers.

Receipt of amount deposited in Ojha's personal account.

It has been seen from the documents that Melaram Rana, Dinesh Sangam and Shravan Chaudhary are operating under the leadership of local Santosh Chaudhary. Nilu Choudhary of Kailari-7 said, "We have been cheated."

The child empowerment organization mobilized by Suro Nepal collected funds by mobilizing Vinod Chaudhary, a teacher working in the local public school. Chaudhary had collected funds from 95 farmers at the rate of 1 lakh.

53-year-old Ram Sharan Mahato, president of Nepal Cooperative Society Kailari-6, has collected 31 lakh 25 thousand from 25 farmers at the rate of 1 lakh 25 thousand for providing power tiller. Amrit Choudhary of Kalimai Multipurpose Cooperative has collected 269,530,000 from 231 farmers for power tillers and 54,520,000 for irrigation motors from 455 farmers.

Chowdhury said that 21.1177 thousand collected from 181 people for power tiller and 4.428 thousand collected from 369 farmers for irrigation motor and 44 lakh 28 thousand returned. - 8 Sitaram Chaudhary, 47 years old from Prithvipur, said to provide power tiller from 59 farmer families at a rate of 117 thousand 69 lakh 32 thousand 5 and irrigation motor from 38 farmers at a rate of 12 thousand 4 lakh 57 thousand making a total of 73 lakh 88 thousand 500 It has been revealed that it has been collected. Chaudhary has admitted that he collected the said amount. After the protest of the farmers, he claimed to have returned 39 lakh 28 thousand to the concerned farmers.

37-year-old Shankar Chaudhary of Kailari-5 Chhoti Palia, who is the personal secretary of Civil Liberation Party Parliamentary Party leader Ghanshyam Chaudhary, has been found to have collected 26 lakh 40 lakhs at the rate of 120,000 per family for providing power tillers from 22 local farmer families. Santosh Chaudhary's group of four collected 60 lakhs from 48 people at the rate of 125,000 and currently they are not in touch, the farmer said. According to local Revant Bohra, goods were given to some farmers to confuse them. In the meantime, they also provided 23 people with power tillers and 140 families with motors for drawing water. It created an illusion that others will also come from that,' he said.

The money collectors have said that money has been deposited in the personal account number 0822503040270012 in Krishi Bikas Bank Ramshah Path branch in the name of President Khadka of Suro Nepal. "I have sent 95 lakhs to the personal account of Sushila Khadka Ojha," said teacher Vinod Chaudhary. He is an acquaintance from our village. I believed him when he said. I filled the form saying that I also need it.' Then he said that after he was assigned a contact person, he collected money from 95 people at the rate of 1 lakh. Yogi himself asked to send all the money to Sushila's account. Now Yogi is not in touch. I was trapped,' he said.

It is mentioned that Suro Nepal is a non-profit organization registered in 081 June 13 at the Internal Revenue Office Dhangadhi. On May 20, 2008, the organization became affiliated to the Samaj Kalyan Parishad. The agricultural sector is not mentioned in the scope of the organization. It has been found that a plan has been made to collect funds from farmers even before the registration of Suro Nepal. When Khadka, who is the president of the said organization, was contacted by phone, she said that she did not have time to talk and if she wanted to talk, she would meet on Sunday.

Some officials of the rural municipality have not been sensitive even when such a large amount of money was defrauded on common farmers. Nepal seems to be the main responsible for this problem. By the time we found out, the money had already been collected by mobilizing local representatives from the farmers,' Ram Samjh Choudhary, chairman of the rural municipality, said, 'After the ruckus, I have called the local representative who collected the money and asked him to return it to the rural municipality. Some have already refunded the amount. Some have asked for time by writing papers.'

According to a resident of Kailari, Khadka has also collected money from other local levels of Kailali and farmers in districts including Kanchapanur. Chairman of Kailari rural municipality Chowdhury also said that he heard that money was collected from Krishnapur of Kanchanpur and horse farmers of Kailali. Kailali Chief District Officer Dharmendra Kumar Mishra said that no complaint has been received regarding fraud in Kailali. According to him, after the incident came to the knowledge, the four money collectors were arrested and detained after questioning them.

'But since there was no complaint, there was no reason to keep it for a long time,' Prajia Mishra said, 'Later, the dignitaries of Kailari took them into custody.'

प्रकाशित : श्रावण २७, २०८१ ०६:२०
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