The Sunsari District Court has sent eight people to jail for further investigation in the Barah Saving and Credit Cooperative fraud case under the Baraha Group.
On Wednesday, Judge Mukesh Upadhyaya’s bench ordered eight out of the 11 arrested individuals to be kept in custody after a preliminary hearing.
The cooperative fraud case involves the misuse of nearly Rs. 11 billion in savings. A total of 262 people have been named as defendants in the fraud investigation. Among those arrested were Jatanmaya Bishwakarma (wife of Man Bahadur Bishwakarma), Sarita (Kalikote) BK (wife of Gangabahadur Bishwakarma), Asmita Bhandari, Bishnukumari Tuladhar, Ravi Portel (Sunar), Phoolmaya Rai (also known as Phoolkumari), Sudin BK, Mahat Kshetri, Apana Shrestha, Rina Rai, and Bikram Gajmer.
However, Jatanmaya, Sarita, and Bishnukumari were released on bail of Rs. 500,000 each, according to Sunsari District Court official Tikendra Birjung Rana.
