The government has formed a three-member inquiry commission to resolve the problems of loan shark victims.

A Cabinet meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at Singha Durbar on Monday formed the commission under the leadership of the former chairman of the Special Court, Gauri Bahadur Karki. Former assistant inspector general of Nepal Police Uttam Bahadur Subedi and former deputy attorney general Ganesh Babu Aryal are the other members of the commission.

Minister for Communication and Information Technology Rekha Sharma, also the government spokesperson, informed that the commission has been given three months to prepare a concrete and practical report and recommend solutions to resolve the problems of loan shark victims.

The Cabinet meeting also decided to establish the office of the high-level commission in Janakpur, the capital of Madhesh Province, as it will be easier for the victims to share their problems. Most of the loan shark victims are from Madhesh districts.

“Rather than giving a prolonged time-frame, the deadline for the commission has been set with a plan to prepare a concrete, tangible and actionable report focusing on specific questions as to how and in which areas the loan shark victims have been cheated and what their problems are,” said Sharma. “Since the commission will work from Janakpur, the victims won’t have to come to Kathmandu. The commission will find a solution right there.”

Earlier, government had formed a six-member task force led by Home Ministry joint secretary Bhishma Raj Bhusal in August last year. Senior Superintendent of Police Dinesh Acharya who is with the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police; Home Ministry’s under secretary Shree Krishna Poudel, Superintendent Krishna Prasad Koirala from the Crime Investigation Section of Nepal Police and Deputy Investigation Director of National Investigation Department Mukunda Marahattha were members.

Deputy Superintendent Roshan Khadka, who is with the Central Investigation Bureau, was nominated member secretary of the task force.

The report of the Bhusal led task force is now under implementation.