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Statements of 7 persons in the custody of Kaski police in Suryadarshan fraud case ended on Tuesday. The statements of Chavi Lal Joshi, Leela Pachai, Ravi Lamichhane, Ram Bahadur Khanal, Krishna Bahadur Gurung, Mina Gurung and Aarti Gurung have finished in the courtroom of District Judge Nitij Rai. Among them, Aarti Gurung's last statement was completed on Tuesday.
Earlier, on December 7, a supplementary charge was registered against the seven in the Kaski court, claiming 1 billion 51 crore rupees. The statement of the defendant was started from January 8. Arraignment of seven people is starting on Tuesday itself.
On behalf of Zaherwala, the District Public Prosecutor's Office has demanded that 7 people should be sent to jail for pre-trial detention. Yuvraj Parajuli, a legal practitioner on behalf of the victims, said that he will argue in favor of jailing the 7 people for pre-trial detention. The lawyer for the defendant will argue in favor of leaving it on a simple date.
Earlier on October 18, 2080, a case was registered against 19 people, currently 6 people are in custody in Kaski jail. Kailash Kumar Darlami, vice president of the cooperative, Kumar Ramtel, treasurer and owner of Gorkha Media, former secretary Anuj Nakarmi, former member Shiv Bahadur Gurung (Mahendra Bhote) and members Bhaviswar Aryal and Pramod Bhattarai are in jail pending trial. A case was initially registered against 19 people including them for co-operative fraud.
Out of the 44 who were charged with supplementary charges on December 7, 7 people are currently in Kaski custody, while 3 people connected with other co-operative frauds are temporarily detained in prisons outside Kaski. Out of the 44 additional charges, 8 are legal persons (companies) and 5 have been made defendants for the purpose of confiscation of property. Among them, the head of Dhorpatan municipality of Baglung, Dev Kumar Nepali, is incarcerated in Baglung jail for misappropriation of the savings of Image Cooperative located in Baglung and Pokhara. A case against him, who is also the former vice president of Suryadarshan, has also been filed in the Kaski court for the crime of cooperative fraud.
Among the 63 defendants, GB Rai, Chabilal Joshi, Ravi Lamichhane, Leela Pachai and Ram Bahadur Khanal have also been prosecuted for money laundering. After the detention hearing, Judge Rai's bench will decide whether to run the jail for pre-trial detention, to release him on bail or to release him on a simple date.
