Duped: The curious case of bounced cheques

In the past five months, 2,529 cheque bouncing cases were registered at Kathmandu District Police Range.

To Srijana Chand, who had just built a new house at Gongabu, Ramesh (name changed), an owner of a furniture outlet at Bhangal, Bansbari, was someone she could trust with finances. He used to supply her furnishing items from his outlet as and when she required.