INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: Former state minister of finance and renowned industrialist Roop Jyoti has been released from Metropolitan Police Circle,
Durbarmarg, this afternoon.
Police released industrialist Jyoti after receiving information from the District Government Attorney Office for
the same, informed Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shyam Gyawali.
Earlier, a case was filed by Bijendra Krishna Malla against Jyoti
Malla had complained that he paid Rs 27.6 million in instalments since September 2014 for a house at Bansbari, Budanilkantha, to Landmark
Developers, in which the Jyoti Group has a stake, but he still has to get possession of the house.
Police had arrested Jyoti on the charge
of housing fraud on November 7 on an arrest warrant issued in December last year
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 case on
Tuesday, November 5.
The court had allowed police to investigate Jyoti by keeping him in custody for three days initially and then for
another five days.
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