District Attorney Office, Lalitpur, chargesheeted him within 24 hours after his arrest. Gurung was included on the list of absconding persons who were accused in the Unity scam. Earlier last week, public prosecutors had filed chargesheet against seven promoters and staffers of the company in Lalitpur District Court. [break]
The court sent Gurung back to the custody citing lack of time for completing necessary procedures as police produced him to the court at around 2 pm. Gurung was arrested in Pokhara on Tuesday and brought to the capital late on Wednesday morning.
Prosecutors have demanded a fine of Rs 3.79 billion, which is three times the embezzled amount, and a three-year jail for him as per Bank and Financial Institution Act 2006. Had teh case been filed under Muluki Ain, Gurung would have faced reimbursement of the amount collected from the Unity members and five years´ jail.
Gurung has been alleged to have been involved in dubious financial maneuvers of Unity chairman Kashi Ram Gurung. "We have proofs that he was a principal aide of Kashi Ram," said SP Bikram Thapa, chief of Metropolitan Police Range, Lalitpur.
The Revenue Investigation Department (RID) can also grill him on charges of tax evasion and foreign currency embezzlement. The RID has written to Nepal Police to hand him over to the department.
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