A case of money laundering has been registered against Dev Kumar Nepali, mayor of Baglung's Dhorpatan municipality. On the recommendation of the Asset Laundering Investigation Department, the District Public Prosecutor's Office, Baglung filed a case in the Baglung District Court with a claim of 1.58 billion crores on August 23.

In the case, it has been requested to impose a double fine and a prison sentence of 2 to 15 years depending on the amount of the crime and confiscation of shares amounting to 40 million, cash amount of 120 thousand and 33 parcels of land registered in the name of Nepali as the official of the cooperative organization. 

The defendants Devkumar Nepali and 1 billion 33 crore 92 lakh 50 thousand 314 rupees of 1 thousand 543 savers under the direction of Vice President Dor Bahadur Periyar, Secretary Sunil Nepali, Treasurer Lakshmi Sen Sunar, Member Chitra Bahadur Bhandari, Member Rupa Vick, Member Jhag Bahadur Shahi, Shakti Kisan, Branch Manager of Image Savings and Loan Cooperative Society Baglung, Accounting Head Lalmati Roka, Accounts Head of Seva Kendra Burtibank Anita The Department has found that Anil Nepali, Branch Manager of Budhamagar, Service Center Galkot, has opened an artificial account and deposited the amount with the intention of misappropriating the savings of the savers.

It is the conclusion of the department that the defendants embezzled the funds of organizations and savers through fake loans by transferring money from the said account to another artificial account and showing that the amount was made as an artificial debtor.

The department said that the money was transferred to Image Savings and withdrawn from the same account for the purpose of reconciling the account. It is mentioned in the indictment that the revenue amount to be paid to the state was also embezzled in the said process, the quarterly statement and the annual audit report that the cooperative should submit to the regulatory body were not submitted.

The department also says that the organization did not keep a guarantee or mortgage when lending more than the specified amount, the members and managers of the organization embezzled funds, loans were given to relatives against the law, the organization's shares or savings were used to cause losses, funds were raised for the purpose of investing against the rules, the Chairman Nepali invested in real estate in the name of himself and his wife. Based on this, the department has recommended that the defendant Nepali should file an asset laundering case saying that he has laundered assets worth 1 billion 58 crores 94 lakhs 55 thousand 391.

Nepali's wife and defendant Chela Nepali have been demanded to be imprisoned and fined along with the demand of confiscation of 60 million 98 lakh 80 thousand rupees and 17 plots of land in different locations in their village.

image Chitra Bahadur Bhandari, Lalmati Roka, Shakti Kisan, Dor Bahadur Pariyar, Sunil Nepali, Lakshmi Sen Sunar, Rupa Vick, Jhag Bahadur Shahi, Anita Budhamgar, Surendra Bohra, Sajita Thapa, Pushpa Pathak Khatri, Deepak Paudel and Santosh Nepali, who are also members of the cooperative, have also played the role of accomplices by helping and facilitating the main accused Dev Kumar Nepali to commit the crime of money laundering. In the writ, they have also claimed half of the punishment for the accused Nepalis according to the Asset Laundering Act.

The mayor of Baglung's Dhorpatan municipality, who was arrested on charges of co-operative fraud, had been absconding since May 2080 after sinking the savings of Nepali Image Co-operative. In January 2080, at the request of the Nepal Police, Interpol issued a 'Red Notice' against Nepalese. Then the Indian police arrested him from New Delhi.