A case has been registered in Tulsipur High Court Butwal bench against Dadhiram Kharel, chairman of West Nepal Bus Business Pvt. The Revenue Investigation Office Butwal has registered a case against him on Thursday on charges of evading revenue by smuggling expensive parts of small vehicles.

Kharel, who has been the president of the bus committee for a long time, has been dealing in vehicle workshops and motor parts through Shubalakshmi Auto Link Pvt. There are only more than 200 of them in the committee. Along with Kharel, a case has also been filed against Jagannath Khanal, another businessman who is also his partner.

It is stated in the statement released by the spokesperson of the Revenue Investigation Department, Krishna Kumari Shrestha, that the Revenue Investigation Office has filed a case on the charge of smuggling expensive vehicle parts from the firm owned by both the owners by cheating the revenue and selling and distributing them.

It is mentioned in the release that a case has been filed under Section 20(6) of the Revenue Leakage (Investigation and Control) Act, 2052 (with amendments). 54-year-old Kharel Rupandehi is a resident of Tilottama Municipality-4 Nayamil and 48-year-old Khanal is a resident of Tilottama-4 Shubalakshmi Path. It is mentioned in the statement that when analyzing the account, sales account and other necessary documents and the goods, the quantity obtained from the physical inspection was more than the quantity entered in the balance book and the quantity of some goods was found to be less than the balance book. Not doing so, finding more goods in the warehouse than the balance statement submitted, not having any proof of purchase and customs importation of the goods found in excess, and because it was confirmed that he committed the offense of revenue leakage by showing low sales for the purpose of evading the business,'' the statement states, "72 lakh 11 thousand three hundred rupees was fixed and 100% of the fine was imposed and 144 lakh 22 thousand 600 fines were added and imprisonment up to the limit. A case has been filed in the Tulsipur High Court, Butwal bench demanding punishment. After completing the investigation, the Revenue Investigation Office has demanded Rs 10.9 million as bail from both of them. But the Revenue Investigation Office has already deposited the bail amount in the government's account, said Vivek Ghimire. He said, "Initially, the income tax of the firm was not filed and later the income tax has increased to 144 million." He said that he asked for bail at the rate of 20 lakhs per person.