Pokhara, Jan. 3 -- Kaski District Court on Wednesday remanded two accused in a fraud related to the Pokhara-based Suryadarshan Savings and Credit Cooperatives in judicial custody.

A single bench of Judge Basanta Jung Thapa issued the order to send former board member Shiva Bahadur Gurung alias Mahendra Bhote and member Bhabishwar Aryal in custody until a final verdict.

Gurung, who is also the deputy general secretary of the National Youth Federation, a youth wing of the CPN-UML, and Aryal appeared before the court on Tuesday while the law enforcement agency was preparing to issue a diffusion notice.

Judge Thapa refused to release the duo on bail and remanded them to custody after the conclusion of the detention hearing on Wednesday.

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