Kathmandu. Former Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) employee Bhuwan Singh Basnet, who has been arrested in connection with the Karnali Development Bank scam, has tried to avoid everything as the time of the monitoring team is only three days.

Basnet, who has been arrested, has claimed that the team will look into the situation of the bank while giving his statement.

He said that the purpose of the inspection was to identify the implementation aspect of the previous inspection report, so the subject matter was not looked into. He argued that a detailed inspection team should look into the matter and the audit would be looked into by the overall on-site inspection team to be carried out by the Nepal Rastra Bank.

“Audit, opening and closing balance in call accounts are looked into by the overall on-site inspection team of Nepal Rastra Bank. Since the work day of the monitoring team is only three days, everything will not be done, so the overall on-site inspection team looks after it,” he said in the statement.

Basnet, acting director of The Rastra Bank, had inspected the site monitoring of the Karnali Development Bank from May 15, 2019 to May 15, 2019. Basnet, Assistant Director Tek Raj Bhandari and Assistant Director Rajan Prasad Regmi were the members of the team. Basnet was the supervisor of the team and was inspecting the site.

Tek Raj Bhandari and Rajan Prasad Regmi have been deputed at the Karnali Development Bank for on-site inspection. At that time, he said that he was working in the Supervision Department of The Rastra Bank Financial Institution. He said that he inspects the vault as soon as possible.

“Karnali Development Bank Ltd. was on leave a month before his retirement on February 1, 2019. The employees were trained for two days from 8 am to 16:40 pm. The remuneration for providing Rs 1 00,000 in 2019-02-13. Ba 4 Cha 7826 in the name of my wife Kabita KC in connection with the Rs 50,000 received in my account in 2019-02-08. Rajendra Bir Rai said that he would sell my car to Rajendra Bir Rai in January 2018. My wife’s name is Ba 4 Cha 7826, talking about buying and selling it for Rs 825,000. Rs 50,000 has been deposited in my account for the sale of the Santro vehicle,” he said in a statement.

In his account, he claimed to have trained and paid 85,000 bank employees including 42,500 and 42,500 in Karnali Development Bank account in 2020-09-02.

According to him, rs 749,050 deposited in his account was deposited for selling the vehicle in his wife’s name. He has said that he does not remember for what purpose he deposited Rs 1 1 00,000 deposited in his account in 2019-02-03.