The DMLI issued the public notice asking Basnet to present himself before the department within 15 days after he did not respond to its summons issued earlier. [break]
“The 15-day public notice has been issued after our summons notice got returned saying Parshuram Basnet could not be found. If he does not appear within the stipulated time, he will be dealt with according to the law,” the notice issued on October 26 read.
A DLMI staffer said Basnet´s family refused to receive the summons at his family home in Paanchali, Biratnagar, saying he was not at home.
The bank accounts and all other properties of the former in-charge of Morang Youth Force have been frozen after a money laundering complaint was filed against him at the DMLI earlier this month.
Following the department´s directive, Nepal Rastra Bank in late September ordered all commercial banks to freeze Basnet´s account and that of his father Gopal, and also ordered that the sale of properties owned by the duo be barred.
The District Land Revenues Office (DLRO), Morang had then frozen Basnet´s land in Kanchanbari, Biratnagar following written directives from the Department of Land Reforms and Management (DLRM).
Basnet is accused of making money through intimidation and thuggery, from tender awards, smuggling, realty dealers, timber traders, and extortion. He is estimated to have made over Rs 800 million in five years. Basnet was a driver´s help when he came to Morang from Dolakha, but now his relatives reportedly own properties in Morang, Kathmandu and Dolakha districts.
Basnet has been absconding since the attack on our correspondent Dhakal on June 1. Dhakal had reported about the attack on jailbird Abhishek Giri inside Morang District Court compound which was carried out by Basnet and his group.
He has so far refused to present himself at court even after the 70-day arrest warrant issued by the court expired.
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