Suryadarshan Cooperative Fraud Case: Tuesday's custodial debate is over

Poush 16, 2081

Deepak Pariyar

Suryadarshan Cooperative Fraud Case: Tuesday's custodial debate is over

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After the statements of 7 persons in the custody of Kaski police in the Suryadarshan Cooperative fraud case, the debate on detention has started from Tuesday. After the statement of Chabilal Joshi, Leela Pachai, Ravi Lamichhane, Ram Bahadur Khanal, Krishna Bahadur Gurung, Mina Gurung and Aarti Gurung in the bench of District Judge Nitij Rai, the debate started behind closed doors. Among them, Aarti Gurung's last statement was completed on Tuesday itself.

In the case of the seven defendants, the debate has started on behalf of the District Public Prosecutor's Office. On Tuesday, Shantidevi Sharma and Sujata Poudel, Assistant District Attorneys of the office, argued. Based on the police investigation report, the financial analysis report of Pokhara Metropolitan City, and the report of the Parliamentary Investigation Special Committee, the seven defendants have been reprimanded according to Section 67 of the Code of Criminal Procedure-2074. He argued that the order to send him to prison should be issued. 

On Wednesday, the public prosecutor's argument will be held gradually and after the public prosecutor's argument is over, the lawyer from Zaherwala's side and then the lawyer from the defendant's side will argue, according to Kaski District Court Srestedar Rajan Khanal. "During the remand debate, the public prosecutor has argued according to the demand of punishment for all the defendants," said Shrestedar Khanal, "When the remand order comes, the order comes individually according to the defendant's claim." According to him, from the Attorney General's office. Deputy Attorney General Sanjeevraj Regmi and Deputy Attorney General Prakash Gautam, Associate Advocate Bishnuraj Gowli of the High Public Prosecutor's Office, District Attorney Kamala Kafle and Assistant District Attorney Bipinraj Tiwari will argue the case. .

"The issue of the time it takes for the trial depends on the number of legal professionals the defendant has retained," said Shrestedar Khanal, "the bench can also think about how to speed up the way the debate is managed." It cannot be said that it can be done in just one day. How many legal professionals there are, how long their debate takes and how long the bench listens to that debate, if you keep repeating the same thing, the bench will think in an organized manner.' 

Among those detained, Chabilal Joshi, Ravi Lamichhane, Leela Pachai and Ram Bahadur Khanal have been charged with cooperative fraud, organized crime and money laundering, while Mina Gurung, Krishna Bahadur Gurung and Aarti Gurung have been charged with cooperative fraud. Only fraud charges have been filed. Mina was the chairperson when the ad hoc board of directors was formed on June 1, 2065. She was proportional MP from UML in the first term of Gandaki State Assembly. Krishna Bahadur, who is the vice-chairman of the ad hoc committee, is his father.

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. 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, Dev Kumar, head of Baglung's Dhorpatan municipality, is in custody in Baglung jail pending charges of embezzling the savings of Nepali Baglung and Image Cooperative in 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 debate, the bench of Judge Rai will order whether to run the jail for the preliminary investigation, to release him on bail or to release him on a simple date. 

Deepak

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