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The wife of the chairman of the audit committee is blacklisted as a co-operative director

भाद्र ३०, २०८१
The wife of the chairman of the audit committee is blacklisted as a co-operative director
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Highlights

  • 11 crores of fraud in financial institutions of borrowers who took loans from Umagouri Cooperative in Morang, Anjala, the then owner of the co-operative, was blacklisted, but the cooperative registrar office of the UML-led state government removed her name.

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament, Rishikesh Pokharel, has also been accused of misappropriating funds from the co-operative which he opened at the expense of his wife. Pokharel and his wife Anjala Koirala have been blacklisted after the documents of the borrowers who took loans from the cooperative were placed in banks and financial institutions and embezzled about 11 crores.

Although the victim filed a complaint with her name, the cooperative registrar's office of Koshi province, while sending the file to the police, Anjala's name disappeared.

According to cooperative owners, leader Pokharel made his wife Anjala, who is also a teacher, a director for about 6 years. Umagouri Cooperative, which has about five thousand savers, has been closed for about a year and a half. According to the saver, all the documents from the establishment have disappeared. Anjala, who has been the director since 2072, left the organization in 2078 when the cooperative began to fall into crisis. 


The cooperative victims have filed a complaint against the chairman Shambhu Prasad Rauniar and the director Anjala Koirala at the cooperative registrar and training office of Koshi province. Registrar's office has written to District Police Office Morang for investigation. "Just a week ago, we have sent a letter to the police to investigate all the directors, including the chairman of the cooperative," said Hari Bahadur Khatri, the head of the cooperative registrar's office In the letter written by the office to the police, the name of Pokharel's wife has been omitted. He also confirmed that Anjala's name was not mentioned in the letter written to the police, but did not want to reveal the reason. District Police Morang spokesperson DSP Gyanendra Bahadur Basnet said that he was not aware of the letter. He said, 'I am out now, I don't know if the letter has arrived/not. I will look and report. According to

savers, a loan of 11.56 million rupees has been taken by keeping the documents submitted by the borrowers of the cooperative from various banks and financial institutions. It was found that while taking a loan of one million from the cooperative, the directors took a large amount by keeping the documents submitted by the borrowers in the bank. The debtor was not even aware of this matter. Moreover, 23 million 54 thousand owners of savers have embezzled,' said a saver.

Anjala Koirala's statement published in the 35-day public notice issued on 16 October 2079 by RSDC Microfinance to pay the loan repayment to Umagouri Agricultural Cooperative.

The cooperative has not paid the loan taken by the institution. RSDC microfinance financial institution issues notice on 16th October 2079 issued a 35-day public notice in the name of Umagouri Agricultural Cooperative to repay the loan. Anjala's name and photo were also mentioned in the notification. Even after that, after the cooperative did not pay the loan, RSDC Laguvitta filed a case against Umagouri Cooperative on 12th Chait 2079. The cooperative took a loan from RSDC, which has an office in Rupandehi.

Based on the case given by the financial institution, the Ruppandehi District Court issued a notice in the Gorkhapatra Daily on 8th March 2080 and asked the cooperative members to appear within 21 days. The hearing of the case is scheduled for August 30. 
According to Khatri, head of cooperative registrar's office, the fraud committed by keeping the documents of people who come to take loans from cooperatives in various banks and financial institutions is unique. "The borrower came to know only after the bank blacklisted him and took out the notice of mortgage auction," he said.

Khatri, head of cooperative registrar's office, said that he did not even get to see the account book and decision book of Umagouri agricultural cooperative. "We asked for an account, but the chairman of the cooperative refused," he said. Rauniyar, the chairman of the cooperative, has claimed that all the documents have been submitted to the cooperative registrar's office. He says that there is a problem in the cooperative due to non-payment of invested loans. 
Anjala has claimed that she resigned from the board member after the cooperative regulations issued in 2075. Anjala, who is currently teaching at Mahendra Secondary School in Biratnagar, said, "I have already resigned from the cooperative, my name has been smeared unnecessarily." This is wrong.' She said that she herself was cheated by the cooperative and instead was blacklisted. 


Chairman of the Audit Committee, Pokharel, claimed that his wife and himself were connected on the basis of prejudice after the Audit Committee started an anti-corruption investigation. It has nothing to do with the cooperative. The wife has been a member for seven years. He left immediately," he told Kantipur, "If the organization (cooperative) has taken a loan, it must have been mortgaged. Loans incurred by the institution will also be on record. It is done by looking at the annual audit report of the cooperative.

UML Publicity Department Head Rajendra Gautam said that the relevant agencies can investigate the question raised about Pokharel. "When a question is raised about someone, it becomes clear if the relevant agency investigates," he said, "Why was the question raised?" The relevant agencies can identify and publicize the truth. He said that there was no discussion about this in the party. There are government agencies that investigate. "There is no discussion in the party now," he said.

प्रकाशित : भाद्र ३०, २०८१ ०५:४२
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