Lawmakers in Nepal have again missed a midnight deadline for a new national constitution, with several disputed points remaining unresolved as the deadline for constitution promulgation expired on Thursday midnight.
Police said they detained three persons including a branch manager of Mega Bank Limited for their alleged involvement in a bank fraud case involving Rs 20.99 million. The fourth suspect, who is also a Mega Bank, Dhading branch manager Rajendra Pandey, is on the run. Its been known that Branch manager Rajendra Pandey mobilised his brother Praveen and neighbour Pradeep to swindle the money. Mega Bank Kantipath branch manager Shambhu Bahadur Thapa (49) and Praveen Pandey (24) and Padeep Pandey (26) from Salang of Dhading were held by the Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD) recently. Banknotes worth Rs 1.156 million was recovered from their room. Bundles of notes were buried under the mud.The notes were so decomposed that they could not be counted. The buried notes were recovered from their farm in Salang village of Dhading the following day. The notes were so decomposed that they could not be counted.
