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The district court also took statements on Monday with those arrested in the charge of embezzling one and a half billion from the Kumari Multi-Purpose Cooperative located in Beni, Myagdi. According to court chief Bhola Prasad Regmi, the statements of 4 persons have been completed in two days on Sunday and Monday.
Statements were also taken on Monday from Rajkumar Thapa, the former director of the cooperative, Rudra Gurung, the former manager of the cooperative, and Man Bahadur Thajali, the former chairman of the board of directors, who were accused of embezzling the funds of the cooperative. The statement of the secretary of the cooperative, Devi Thapa, is over on Sunday. Tham Bahadur Garbuja, the former president of the cooperative, is ill and is being treated at the Manipal Teaching Hospital in Pokhara. He was taken to the hospital for treatment from the police custody. Lokesh Pun Magar, former member of the Cooperative's Audit Committee, will make a statement on Tuesday.
According to Srestedar Regmi, the public prosecutor will start the argument after the statement is over on Tuesday. Then about a dozen lawyers retained by the defendants will begin arguments. Srestedar Regmi informed that there could be a debate behind closed doors on Tuesday and Wednesday.
It is mentioned in the report of the state cooperative registrar office that about one and a half billion was embezzled from the savers of Kumari cooperative in the main plan of UML leader Thapa, who is also the head of the district coordination committee of Myagdi. It has been pointed out in the investigation report that Thapa voluntarily withdrew the savings of common people in the cooperative and invested it in private schools, real estate business, land plotting.
Based on the letter from the state co-operative registrar office, the police detained them and started an investigation. There are only 486 share members in this cooperative which has 4386 savers. It has been found that those involved in money embezzlement have embezzled the money of ordinary savers by keeping the majority of shares in their own and family names. The public prosecutor's office has filed a case in the district court demanding 1.13 billion bigo from 25 people including Thapa. According to the police, 16 accused in the case are absconding.
