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WM Correspondent
Unity Life International (ULI) chairman Kashi Ram Gurung and Managing Director Bishnu Chhetri are still at large but the Unity has been issuing press releases in an advertisement form in national dailies. It conned billions of rupees of general public by running illegally immense network business.
Deputy governor Bir Bikram Rayamajhi himself prevented the proceedings of the ULI related files when the NRB officials along with other regulators decided to freeze ULI accounts on April – The ULI top brass would have been able hide their illicitly collected money if timely action had been taken.
A huge number of constituent assembly (CA) members are found to have been its members.
It has been more than two weeks the government took control of ULI headquarters arresting a few ULI officials and employees.
But, strangely, the government agencies responsible for probing this incident are saying that it could not open the computer containing the database of the ULI yet although there are ways to open such computers even without knowing the passwords.
According to reports, police were told to dilidally the actions against the culprits.
A well recognized Chartered Account (CA) who is in influential post of a government agency audited the financial report of ULI. Even the Charted Account can give important information about the fradulent operations of the ULI but not a single attempt has been made in this regard, which is simply suspicious.
The CA is close to Finance Minister Surendra Pandey.
These easily noticeable facts elucidate that the guilty ULI officials are still enjoying illegal leeway because of the strong political backing and connections.
A committee formed by the government to launch probe into the ULI case has already submitted its report to the government a week ago but the government has budged an inch for further investigation.
According to the committee, there is a need for multidimensional investigation and ULI officials could be sued with 12 different cases in the court.
The police have arrested a dozen ULI affiliated people but they are small fish.
The police are displaying an utter lethargy to nab the honchos of this financial crime.
It has been found that the clout of the ULI is not only vicious in a single party but in almost all big parties.
The facilitation and greetings extended to ULI chairman and managing director by as prominent political figures as president Dr Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar and Maoist chairman Puspa Kamal Dahal attest to this fact.
More unfortunate is the fact they have failed to take the organised financial swindling unleashed in the name of network business with an iota of seriousness.
As the CA members have also become the ULI members, they are unwilling to see the unraveling of the reality as it might lead them to controversy.
This is also questionable how ULI promoters could publish their advertisement in the national newspapers although they have been charged of serious crimes. Even a senior journalist of one national newspaper has been found to be media advisor of ULI.
The above examples suggest clearly that unscrupulous ULI officials are shielded by both bureaucracy and political leadership. So, the likelihood of these culprits undergoing due punishment is low.
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