Lambodar Neupane handed three-year prison sentence, fined Rs 256.9 million

Himal Press 28 Apr 2024
Lambodar Neupane handed three-year prison sentence, fined Rs 256.9 million

KATHMANDU: The Special Court has handed a three-year prison sentence and a fine of Rs 256.9 million to Lambodar Neupane, a former chairperson of Nepal Engineering College, on money laundering charges.

The Special Court had found Neupane guilty on April 7.

A division bench of Special Court Chairperson Tek Narayan Kunwar and Member Ram Bahadur Thapa sentenced Neupane to three years in prison and a fine of Rs 256.9 million on Sunday.

The Special Court found Neupane guilty of transferring assets of a social institution to his name. He had been accused of embezzling Rs 128.48 million.

Earlier, the Special Court had handed a jail term of three years and a fine of Rs 3.9 million to Neupane, along with CIAA Commissioner Raj Narayan Pathak, after Neupane was found guilty of bribing Pathak to settle money laundering charges against him.

Published On: 28 Apr 2024

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