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Person arrested for banking crime



KATHMANDU: Nepal Police arrested a person convicted of a banking offense and a fine of Rs 90 million 706 thousand and 378.

The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police apprehended 67-year-old Ram Bhakta Thapa of Panauti Municipality-6, Kavrepalanchok in this connection.

Bureau’s Superintendent Hobindra Bogati said Thapa was held from Koteshwor of Kathmandu.

Besides the fine, Thapa has also been sentenced to three years in prison.

“It is found through investigation that Thapa had taken a loan by influencing officials and employees of Capital Merchant and Finance Company Limited,” Bogati said.

It has come to light that Thapa had taken a loan producing documents of a fake company called ‘Kavre Broiler Suppliers’.

The Then Appellate Court Patan had, on May 12, 2014, convicted Thapa of banking crime and sentenced him three years in prison and a fine equivalent to the amount that he had misappropriated.

Publish Date : 12 February 2024 07:16 AM

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