Former state minister of finance and renowned industrialist Dr Roop Jyoti – who was arrested on November 7 for his alleged involvement in the housing scam – and his daughter Suruchi Jyoti has been released from Metropolitan Police Circle in Durbarmarg this afternoon.
Dr Jyoti was released after Bikendra Krishna Malla, who earlier lodged a fraud complaint against the industrialist, withdrew his complaint. However,
Police released Dr Roop Jyoti after it received letter from the District Government Attorney’s Office, according to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shyam Gyawali. “Earlier today, the District Attorney Office Kathmandu had decided not to prosecute him,” he said, adding that the AOG office also asked the police to release him on the court date immediately.
Earlier, Bigendra Krishna Malla filed a case against Jyoti Group alleging them of housing fraud. Malla had complained that he paid Rs 27.6 million in instalments – since September 2014 for a house at Bansbari in Budanilkantha – to Landmark Developers. Jyoti Group has a stake in the Landmark Developer Malla claimed he still has to get possession of the house. The housing project was developed by CE Construction. According to police, Malla and Jyoti had previously agreed to resolve the dispute but Malla later backed away.
Police had arrested Dr Roop Jyoti on the charge of housing fraud on November 7.
After Malla filed a case, police issued an arrest warrant last December. But Dr Jyoti had immediately filed a writ against the arrest warrant and taken stay order from the court. However, a double bench of Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana and Justice Prakash Dhungana had vacated the stay order on Jyoti’s case on November 5.
The court had allowed police to investigate Dr Jyoti by keeping him in custody for three days initially and then for another five days. But after ‘suspected out of the court settlement’, Malla took his case back. The police insider, however, claimed that such practice of extortion using the government machinery is neither the first nor last but most of the industrialists do not go to police or court but settle out of the court due to fear. “The stable and two-third majority government should have instilled business confidence in the private sector but such incidents have terrorised them,” said an industrialist, who opines that the country will have to pay for such ‘suspicious adventures’ of the police and the government. “Some of the people near the power centre are running a extortion usiness misusing the government machinery.”
Dr Jyoti was released after Bikendra Krishna Malla, who earlier lodged a fraud complaint against the industrialist, withdrew his complaint. However,
Police released Dr Roop Jyoti after it received letter from the District Government Attorney’s Office, according to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shyam Gyawali. “Earlier today, the District Attorney Office Kathmandu had decided not to prosecute him,” he said, adding that the AOG office also asked the police to release him on the court date immediately.
Earlier, Bigendra Krishna Malla filed a case against Jyoti Group alleging them of housing fraud. Malla had complained that he paid Rs 27.6 million in instalments – since September 2014 for a house at Bansbari in Budanilkantha – to Landmark Developers. Jyoti Group has a stake in the Landmark Developer Malla claimed he still has to get possession of the house. The housing project was developed by CE Construction. According to police, Malla and Jyoti had previously agreed to resolve the dispute but Malla later backed away.
Police had arrested Dr Roop Jyoti on the charge of housing fraud on November 7.
After Malla filed a case, police issued an arrest warrant last December. But Dr Jyoti had immediately filed a writ against the arrest warrant and taken stay order from the court. However, a double bench of Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana and Justice Prakash Dhungana had vacated the stay order on Jyoti’s case on November 5.
The court had allowed police to investigate Dr Jyoti by keeping him in custody for three days initially and then for another five days. But after ‘suspected out of the court settlement’, Malla took his case back. The police insider, however, claimed that such practice of extortion using the government machinery is neither the first nor last but most of the industrialists do not go to police or court but settle out of the court due to fear. “The stable and two-third majority government should have instilled business confidence in the private sector but such incidents have terrorised them,” said an industrialist, who opines that the country will have to pay for such ‘suspicious adventures’ of the police and the government. “Some of the people near the power centre are running a extortion usiness misusing the government machinery.”
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