CPN (Unified Socialist) lawmaker Metmani Chaudhary and construction entrepreneur Dhat Budha Magar have settled their matter involving a Rs 54 million check transaction.
Chaudhary, who is also the deputy general secretary of the Unified Socialist, and contractor Budha Magar reached an agreement on the matter at the District Police Office, Dang, on Tuesday (July 1) at 5 p.m., Superintendent of Police Arjun Timilsina said.
The agreement states that “no transaction took place” between them.
“They came and said that they had reached an agreement and resolved the matter,” SP Timilsina said. “They said that there was no transaction between them, and that they did not wish to pursue the case further. So, they left after the agreement.”
Contractor Budha Magar had sent a complaint to the police office by post on June 18. After receiving the complaint, the police tried to contact him for verification, but he did not respond to their calls.
On June 22, Budha Magar sent another letter by post, expressing his intent to withdraw the complaint.
SP Timilsina said that they also asked Budha Magar if he had been threatened or pressured by someone into reaching the agreement.
Budha Magar told the police that he had asked for the check as he also runs a food grain business and was being pressured by creditors demanding payment.
“After my creditors started pestering me for money, I asked for the check just to show them. Later, when they kept pressuring me, saying my deadline was over and asking me to bounce the check, I filed the case after bouncing the check,” SP Timilsina quoted Budha Magar as saying.
Sources claim that a transaction had occurred between lawmaker Chaudhary and Budha Magar when Chaudhary was a minister. However, the details of their current agreement remain undisclosed. The police also said that they have no information regarding the specifics of their agreement.
Chaudhary, who is also the whip of Unified Socialist, was elected as a House of Representatives member from Dang Constituency No. 1 in the last general election.
