Supreme Cooperative Fraud Case President Gurung in custody pending trial, order to release 6 others on bail

After GB Rai of Okhaldhunga, the main accused in the fraud case, Gurung of Butwal became the president of Supreme. When Rai was the president, Dipesh, the son of former president Nanda Bahadur Pun, was the treasurer of the organization.

In 2076, Supreme and Jai Ambe multi-purpose organization in Masina of Rupandehi were decided to do integrated business. According to the police report, Gurung was the chairman and Dipesh was the secretary in the new board of directors formed according to the said decision. In his statement, Pun stated that he was not aware of the money deposited in the account from Supreme Cooperative.

According to Ruppandehi District Court Information Officer Anant Marasini, Pun and another defendant Naveen Achami have been sent to jail along with Chairman Gurung after failing to pay the bail till Friday evening. The court ordered the release of Achami, who was arrested in Kathmandu and brought to Rupandehi, on a bond of Rs 10 lakh. "Pun and Achhami have been sent to jail after failing to pay the bail," Marasini told Kantipur, "They have been released after paying the remaining bail." 2 lakh has been demanded as bail.

The court has asked President Gurung to be detained for further investigation. The court has ordered Kumar Ramtel and Bhaviswar Aryal, who were brought here from Pokhara jail for investigation by the police, to be brought back from Kaski jail. Similarly, the police has issued an arrest warrant against the other defendants, including Gitendrababu (GB) Rai, the former chairman of the cooperative and the current guardian. After the District Public Prosecutor's Office filed the chargesheet in the District Court on Monday evening, the defendant's statement was taken from Tuesday. Last Tuesday, the statements of cooperative president Gurung, former treasurer Pun, Bhairahawa branch manager Chapagai were taken.

According to information officer Marasini, since Wednesday was a public holiday, the debate began after taking statements from the rest of the defendants on Thursday. The order was passed after the rest of the arguments were over in the early hours of Friday morning. According to the defendant's statement, Sagar KC, the manager of the head office in Butwal, is absconding. On February 3, the police arrested Supreme Cooperative Chairman Gurung and Bhairahawa branch manager Chapagai after the savers complained that the money was embezzled. Most of the founders, current and former officials of the cooperatives that the police have made defendants are absconding.

The Butwal area police office submitted an investigation report to the district attorney's office on May 3, after a two-month long investigation. Then, after studying the report, the Public Prosecutor's Office registered a prosecution with an opinion. After the police demanded, 1 thousand 831 people filed a complaint saying that they had defrauded the public. The police submitted a report that out of the 1 billion 31 million saved from the public by the group including GB Rai in the cooperative, officials and employees including Rai, Pun and Gurung of the cooperative embezzled 861.8 million, 23 thousand. There are 19,391 members in the cooperative.