Chandragiri Ward Chair held on cooperative fraud charges

KATHMANDU: Nuchhe Bahadur Maharjan, the Ward Chair of Chandragiri Municipality-12, Kathmandu, has been arrested on charges of embezzlement in a cooperative.

A team from the Sorhakhutte Police Circle apprehended Maharjan on allegations of misappropriating funds from the Hariyali Savings and Credit Cooperative, located in Thamel.

The information was confirmed by Kathmandu District Police spokesperson and Superintendent of Police, Nawaraj Adhikari.