Birgunj. A total of 1,697 complaints related to improper transactions (meter interest) have been settled through mediation.

Spokesperson at the District Police Office, Hari Bahadur Basnet, said that out of the total 2,367 complaints filed against moneylenders and the victims, 635 are yet to be settled.

Shambhu Prasad Yadav, secretary of the Peasants and Workers Movement, said, “The tendency of moneylenders to make a loan of up to Rs 3 lakh by giving a loan of Rs 100,000 has not gone away yet.” Still, the real meter interest victims have not been able to get justice,” he said.

Five years ago, Kanaiya Prasad Yadav of Pokhariya Municipality took a loan of Rs 1.10 lakh, but moneylender Joginder Raut Kurmi has accused him of making a loan of Rs 3.30 lakh. “The government should be serious to control such activities,” he said. ’

Spokesperson Basnet said that the mediation claim in Parsa amounted to Rs 290 million 12 lakh 85 thousand 597 and 40 bigha 15 kattha and 19 dhur land was returned.