With the permission of the Lamjung District Court, the police issued arrest warrants to 17 people, including Rishi Ram Adhikari, the current president of Sunauli Bhasiva Savings and Credit Cooperative Society, which has an office in Bensi Sahar, on the 5th of July, and then to 1 person a few days ago.
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Lamjung Police has arrested Assistant Campus Head Padam Bahadur Rawat of Marsyangdi Multipurpose Campus in Bensi Sahar to investigate the case related to co-operative fraud.
District Police Office Chief DSP Resham Bohra confirmed that Raut was arrested from Benisahar on Sunday. According to the police, he was the then manager, chairman and accounting committee officer of Sunaulo Bhavishi Savings and Loans Cooperative Society Limited, which has an office in Bensi Sahar.
With the permission of the Lamjung District Court, the police issued arrest warrants to 17 people, including Rishiram Adhikari, the current president of Sunauli Bhasiva Savings and Loan Cooperative Society, which has an office in Bensi Sahar, on the 5th of July and then to 1 person a few days ago. A few days ago, Ikantipur.com published news that the police could not arrest the accused for a long time after the arrest warrant was issued. After the news was published, those for whom arrest warrants were issued left the district, but Rawat remained in Bensihar.
Police Inspector Rajkishore Sah Teli, Information Officer of the District Police Office, said that the arrestee Rawat has been remanded for 7 days in the district court and further investigation has been started in the 'cooperative fraud case'.
Earlier, in the third week of November last, the police arrested Haribabu Thapa, head of Marsyangdi Multiple Campus, in a case related to cooperative fraud related to Kalika Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Limited in Bensi Sahar. He was later released after paying a bail of 7 lakh rupees.
It is mentioned in the report of the Cooperative Registrar's Office, Pokhara, that the management of Golden Future Savings and Loan Cooperative Institution has embezzled 65.4 million amount from the savers.
