Vijay Gupta, a saver at the Cooperative Financial Development Institution, Nepalgunj, who was on a hunger strike to death in front of the entrance of the District Administration, Banke, on Poush 1, demanding the implementation of the court order, has broken his fast on the third day.

 Gupta's fast to death was broken after a two-point agreement was reached between Anil Marasini, acting secretary of the Lumbini Province Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives, and Ashutosh Shukla, co-coordinator of the Victims' Struggle Committee of the Cooperative Financial Development Organization.

Gupta, who was on a fast, was taken to Bheri Hospital last night after his health deteriorated. His fast was broken from the hospital after the agreement. 

 The High Court, Tulsipur Nepalgunj Bench, upheld the verdict of the District Court on 26 Poush 2080 in the case related to the return of savings deposited in the cooperative. Gupta, coordinator of the Victims' Struggle Committee, and 4 others sat on a relay fast to death after the Cooperative Department did not do its job for so many years. 

The victims have said that the door has opened for the possibility of getting their savings back after an agreement was reached with the provincial Ministry of Cooperatives. 

Shukla, co-coordinator of the Victims' Struggle Committee, said that they will form an ad hoc committee, hold a special general meeting, form a new board of directors, run the cooperative, collect loans, collect damages from those found guilty by the court, and return the money to savers.

The court had found 19 people from the Cooperative Financial Development Organization guilty of embezzling more than Rs 430 million and ordered them to be imprisoned, fined, and pay damages, and an ad hoc committee comprising the cooperative department, ministry, district administration, municipality, land revenue, and victims was formed.