The District Court has ordered 5 people accused of misappropriation of one and a half billion cash from Kumari Multi-Purpose Cooperative Organization located in Beni, Myagdi to be sent to prison for preliminary investigation.
On Wednesday, the bench of District Judge Prakash Prasad Pandit ordered that those accused of financial embezzlement in the Kumari Cooperative should be sent to jail for remand. The court has ordered that all the 5 people who were detained and investigated, including Rajkumar Thapa, the leader of Kumari Cooperative and UML leader of the court, Shrestedar Bholaraj Regmi, will be detained in jail and investigated. Tham Bahadur Garbuja, the former chairman of the arrested cooperative, has been released due to heart disease. He was being treated at the Manipal Teaching Hospital in Pokhara from the day he was arrested.
7 people were arrested and investigated by the police 29 days ago for embezzling about 1 billion 50 crores in collusion with the board of directors and the manager of Kumari Cooperative.
Rajkumar Thapa, the chief planner and head of the District Coordination Committee of Myagdi who embezzled the funds of the Kumari Cooperative, had embezzled 175.8 million rupees and a case was filed against him in the court. 8 years imprisonment has been demanded for him.
Manager Rudra Bahadur Gurung 13 million 52 million, ex-treasurer Balkumar Rokamagar 8 million 32 million bego fine, a case has been registered. The Gandaki Province Cooperative Registrar's Office, Pokhara, conducted a preliminary investigation and released a report 9 months ago, concluding that 25 people were involved in the theft of one and a half billion of Kumari cooperatives. 19 other people involved in embezzlement are absconding.
