Joshi to be kept in custody for five days

By Phadindra Adhikari, Lekhanath, Sept 23: The Kaski district court has permitted the police to keep Chhabilal Joshi in custody for five todays for carrying out investigation into his alleged involvement in misappropriation of the amount of the cooperatives.

Mohan Bahadur Thapa, Superintendent of Police and chief of the Kaski district police office, informed that the single bench of Judge Chandrakanta Paudel issued the permission on Monday for the police.

The police has taken 59-year old Joshi to the court and demanded a 10-day custody for investigation into his involvement in cheating in cooperatives, organized crime and money laundering.

After arresting Joshi from Sankhamul in Kathmandu on the charge of misappropriation of the amount in Pokhara-based Surya Darshan Saving and Credit Cooperatives, the police had brought him to Pokhara on Sunday night for investigation.