President of FNCCI faces forgery charge in Nepal

Kathandu, Apr 8 (UNI) President of the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce Chandi Raj Dhakal has been summoned by the government on charges of swidling the government of Rs 8.6 million by forging documents, media reports said here today.

The government is all set to use police, if he further delays in producing himself to Revenue Investigation Department, on line news agency Kantipur said quoting an official as saying.

Once Dhakal presents himself at the Department, he will have to deposit a bail amount of Rs 25.5 million to avoid detention, he said.

The department has alleged that Dhakal, who owned Momento Apparels, the largest garment factory of the country, cheated Rs 8.6 million in customs duty by producing forged documents at the bonded warehouse.

''Some error might have happened about a year-and-a-half ago when my factory was gutted by fire. I'm investigating the case, and will produce facts before the government soon,'' the paper quoted Dhakal as saying.

Dhakal said the responsible person of Momento Apparels was out of the country now, so he was taking time to reply to the government summons.

UNI