Kathmandu, Aug. 20 -- Eight individuals, including the key accused Jyoti Gurung and Jyoti Bahadur Bhandari, have been charged with embezzling over Rs170 million from the Miteri Cooperative, Lalitpur.

Following a Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) probe, the District Government Attorney's Office, Lalitpur filed a fraud, forgery, and organised crime case against them at the Lalitpur District Court on Sunday under the organised crime and Nepal Rastra Bank Act 2001.

Bhandari, 43, from Bardiya, Suresh Adhikari, 34, and Subash Khatri, 36, from Dhading have been arrested. The report also names five other people, who remain at large, as defendants.

Those absconding include Jyoti Gurung, the 47-year-old Syangja resident and former wife of Nepal...