Seven individuals have been sent to judicial custody on the charge of embezzling funds from Prime Co-operative Society Limited located in Gairapatan of Pokhara Metropolitan City-4, Kaski. A single bench of judge Ram Chandra Sharma of the Kaski District Court issued an order on Thursday in the case involving the misappropriation of over Rs. 1.5 billion. The Chief Executive Officer of Prime Co-operative Society Limited, Surendra Mani Paudel, considered the mastermind behind the fraud, Manager Niru Thapa, and both current and former members of the management committee have been detained. The Kaski District Government Attorney's Office filed charge sheets against 65 individuals on June 9. Of the nine individuals who appeared in the court, two were released on bail.
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