The Metropolitan Police Crime Division
today arrested six people, including Rohit Lal Shrestha, 34, of Thamel,
head teller at Thamel-based branch office of KIST Bank, for defrauding
the bank of eight million rupees on August 26.
Other arrestees are Laxman Adhikari, 26, of Gorkha, Prakash Nepali, 24, of Chitwan, Rameshwar Paudel, 26, of Nuwakot, Amrit Tamang Lama, 33, of Kavre and Krishna Sijwal, 44, of Pyuthan. The MPCD had constituted a probe team under SP Hari Bahadur Pal to look into the case after KIST Bank sought police’s help on the same day the incident occurred.
SSP Bijaya Lal Kayastha, MPCD in-charge, Shrestha was the mastermind behind the plot, hiring five people to execute it. Shrestha, who had been working at the KIST branch as head teller for three years, had hatched the plan to clear the debt he owed to various people and financial institutions. “As per Shrestha’s plan, Paudel made a call to the Thamel branch office asking for eight million rupees. He identified himself as Gyanendra Khadka, manager of the bank’s Kalanki branch, and informed that he was sending Nepali and Siljal there to collect the cash due to dearth of cash at the Thamel branch,” DSP Prajit KC said.
Shrestha was well aware that branch offices would help each other out in case of cash crunch. As per his plan, Nepali and Siljwal, clad in bank uniform, went to Thamel ‘to receive the cash’ and Shrestha made the payment. After executing the plot, Shrestha and others shared the cash, police said. Shrestha alone took Rs 2.9 million, while others took one lakh to 2.2 million rupees, KC said. Police have managed to recover Rs 6.58 million and a Pulsar bike Lama had bought using the cash.
After committing the crime, Adhikari and Nepali had fled to India while others were having a whale of a time in Kathmandu.
A special team from the MPCD had brought them from India with support from Indian police. Police said they were investigating possible involvement of other bank staff in the loot. They have charged Shrestha and his accomplices with fraud.
source: the himalayan times,8 oct 2013
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Other arrestees are Laxman Adhikari, 26, of Gorkha, Prakash Nepali, 24, of Chitwan, Rameshwar Paudel, 26, of Nuwakot, Amrit Tamang Lama, 33, of Kavre and Krishna Sijwal, 44, of Pyuthan. The MPCD had constituted a probe team under SP Hari Bahadur Pal to look into the case after KIST Bank sought police’s help on the same day the incident occurred.
SSP Bijaya Lal Kayastha, MPCD in-charge, Shrestha was the mastermind behind the plot, hiring five people to execute it. Shrestha, who had been working at the KIST branch as head teller for three years, had hatched the plan to clear the debt he owed to various people and financial institutions. “As per Shrestha’s plan, Paudel made a call to the Thamel branch office asking for eight million rupees. He identified himself as Gyanendra Khadka, manager of the bank’s Kalanki branch, and informed that he was sending Nepali and Siljal there to collect the cash due to dearth of cash at the Thamel branch,” DSP Prajit KC said.
Shrestha was well aware that branch offices would help each other out in case of cash crunch. As per his plan, Nepali and Siljwal, clad in bank uniform, went to Thamel ‘to receive the cash’ and Shrestha made the payment. After executing the plot, Shrestha and others shared the cash, police said. Shrestha alone took Rs 2.9 million, while others took one lakh to 2.2 million rupees, KC said. Police have managed to recover Rs 6.58 million and a Pulsar bike Lama had bought using the cash.
After committing the crime, Adhikari and Nepali had fled to India while others were having a whale of a time in Kathmandu.
A special team from the MPCD had brought them from India with support from Indian police. Police said they were investigating possible involvement of other bank staff in the loot. They have charged Shrestha and his accomplices with fraud.
source: the himalayan times,8 oct 2013
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