Kathmandu. KATHMANDU: Staffers of Nepal Investment Mega Bank (NIMB) have been sent to jail. Rishabh Karki, an employee of Taulihawa branch of the bank, has been arrested on the charge of fraud by transferring money to his bank account.

A division bench of Justices Ramesh Dhakal and Chandra Mani Gyawali had demanded Rs 50 lakh bail from Karki. However, he was sent to jail after he failed to furnish the bail as demanded by the court, police said.

He has been accused of stealing Rs 1.65 crore by transferring Rs 1.65 crore from mobile banking and connect IPS without the customer’s mobile banking transaction alert.

Police had investigated Karki for more than one and a half months after he was arrested in the third week of April. After the investigation, he was produced before the court. He has been sent to jail after he failed to pay the bail as demanded by the court.