GB and Ravi's Rajgaj for 65 crores of Sahakari

Four directors of Gorkha Media, including Lamichhane, who is also the former Home Minister and RSVP Chairman, have been investigated for fraud, embezzlement, money laundering and organized crime. Chairman Rai is absconding among the four Gorkha Media directors who were named in the 65 crore fraud, while Ramtel is in Pokhara jail pending remand. But in the meantime, the investigation on Lamichhane was blocked because he was the Home Minister.

The complaint filed by the savers and the metropolis was also denied by the police and the investigation report prepared by the CIB was also hidden. The then head of CIB, Shyam Gyawali, appeared before the parliamentary committee and claimed that CIB had not conducted such an investigation. However, the committee has also included the report of the CIB.

The special committee that was formed on May 15 and started working on May 22 to investigate the misappropriation of cooperative savings has prepared a report on the 99th day. After the committee chairman Surya Thapa presented the report in the House of Representatives meeting on Monday, the parliament sent it to the government for implementation. The committee has found evidence that Suryadarshan of Pokhara, Supreme of Butwal, Sahara of Chitwan, Sano Paila of Birganj and Swarnalakshmi Sahakari of Kathmandu have spent about 50,000 savings organized by Gorkha Media under the signature of Managing Director Lamichhane.

^{Sahakari's funds were deposited in Gorkha Media's account and filled for accounts opened under the signatures of GV Rai, Ravi Lamichhane and Chabilal Joshi.}

GB, Ravi and Chabi, who became directors by bringing the cooperative's savings into a private company, opened joint accounts in different banks and exchanged checks signed by one person. Lamichhane had previously claimed that he had no knowledge of the company's investments, income and expenses. But the check of 65 crore rupees received from the cooperative in the joint account with him was cut in a hurry. Most of the checks collected by the committee were exchanged by a single signature on the lamichan.

Lamichhane himself and his party Raswapa have claimed that they got a 'clean chit' from the charges of co-operative fraud. But the investigation committee's report says, 'Since the directors, chairman Gitendrababu Rai and member Kumar Ramtel and the then managing director Ravi Lamichhane and director Chabilal Joshi were in the company as partners, they are responsible for the amount that came to the company from the cooperative, so it is recommended to the government of Nepal to take action in accordance with the prevailing law.' Lamichhane has claimed that he got a 'clean chit' even though there is a clear recommendation to take action according to the prevailing law as he is responsible for the amount that came to the company from the cooperative.

Lamichhane has admitted that he spent the money in the Gorkha Media account for various purposes. In this way, the report has made it clear that action will be taken against those who spend the money transferred from the cooperative to the company. It has been said, 'The government of Nepal is requested to conduct an investigation by the relevant agencies in accordance with the law in order to make all directors, decision-makers and key officials of the company responsible and accountable for the amount received by the company during the period of their tenure, who took money from the cooperatives through an illegal process and spent the said money. Recommend.'

'It has been found that crores of crores of checks have been cut from Lamichhane's signature'

Similarly, the 'sweat share' said to have been received by Lamichhane has been said by the investigation committee. The committee has drawn the attention of the related agencies of the Nepal government as it was found that the purchase and sale of shares in companies including Gorkha Media Network Pvt. Lamichhane took 15 percent shares of Gorkha Media as his investment through Ravi Lamichhane/Roshni Gurung from Supreme Cooperative in Butwal. Similarly, at the time of his departure from the company, he also submitted a paper with fingerprints to the company registrar's office stating that he had received Rs 18 million for the shares. But he accepted these papers as 'fake and pretend' in the press conference. After the report of the committee, the way to take action against Lamichhane has been opened. The committee has also recommended the refund of the savers of the

cooperative. For this, the committee has asked not only the cooperative operators, but also to "immediately freeze the property of the persons involved". The committee has also instructed to make legal and institutional arrangements to take over the assets of illegal trading cooperatives and related persons within their respective responsibilities at the center, state and local levels, sell them, collect debts, return deposits of depositors, etc.

However, not only when the news came in the media, but also during the 9-hour statement in the inquiry committee, Lamichhane claimed that he did not know anything about the investment, income and expenses of Gorkha media. However, the company's audit report including investments, loans and assets is also signed by GB Rai as Chairman and Ravi Lamichhane as Managing Director.

The government is now in charge of investigating and taking action according to the law that is attracted to the person identified by the report of the parliamentary inquiry special committee. It is a practice to approve the reports of parliamentary committees, commissions of inquiry or other committees/studies and working groups and send them to the relevant ministries/organizations for implementation. The

committee says 'prevailing law', no law has been prescribed. Thapa, the chairman of the committee, has given a response that the report has not been disclosed because different laws are attracted, not just one. "Looking at the details of the business, this is purely a cooperative, not just a purely company matter, so the culprits have been named according to the prevailing law," Thapa told Kantipur, "The cooperative's money has gone in a very large amount visible on the Gorkha media network. That is illegal. Therefore, the committee has decided to ask the government of Nepal to take action against the people involved in this work according to the prevailing law.'

According to the former Additional Inspector General of Police (AIG) Pradyumna Karki, looking at the style, process and investment of the fraudulent funds in the company, basically four crimes should be investigated. "The funds of cooperatives cannot be used by anyone other than savers, it is written in the law, there should be an investigation into fraud to find out how the work against the law was done," he says. The section on asset laundering is also attracted in the matter of investment in Sahakari's Savings Gorkha Media Network Pvt Ltd.'

Investing, embezzlement, embezzlement in the savings company of a cooperative is considered an offense according to Section 122 of the Cooperative Act 2074 and is punishable by fine and imprisonment. According to section 124, there is provision for punishment as per section 124. "If one crore to 100 crores is wronged, 6 years imprisonment, if 10 crores to one billion wrongs, it will be 8 years imprisonment," said this section. Similarly, there is a provision that the Matiyar who helps to commit such a crime will be sentenced to half the punishment. The committee has confirmed that GB and Ravi's group embezzled 545 million from Gorkha media.

The Federal Parliament has passed the Money Laundering (Money Laundering) Prevention Act 2064 on March 30, 2080. According to this law, in cases that are investigated by the authorities and the police, those bodies have opened the way to investigate people related to 'related crimes' also in money laundering related crimes. "Similarly, because this work is preplanned and organized, organized crime can also be attracted," says Karki.

Previously, some big scams and crimes have been investigated and prosecuted by the police and the Abuse of Authority Investigation Commission based on the reports of parliamentary or other investigation committees. In June 2075, the report of the investigation committee formed under the coordination of former secretary Sharda Prasad Trital in the much-discussed Lalita residence land scam case was sent by the government to the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the Authority and Police. 134 people, including former secretary Deep Basnyat, have been found guilty by the special court in the case filed by the authority. Based on the police investigation, the case related to Kirte filed by the public prosecutor's office is pending in the Kathmandu court.

The State Order Committee of the Parliament investigated and sent a written report to the authority regarding the scam in the purchase of Armed Personal Carrier (APC) for the peace mission of the Nepal Police in the African country of Sudan. In May 2068, the Authority filed a special case against 37 people, including 4 former inspector generals. In the APC scam case, four former IGPs and seven policemen and contractors were found guilty.

The investigation committee has recommended that the owners of Suryadarshan, Supreme, Swarnalakshmi, Sahara Chitwan and Sano Payla Cooperatives and all those involved in the decision-making process who transferred money to Gorkha Media Network Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Image, Samana, Sumeru, IME and those involved in the decision-making process of cooperatives who are found to have sent money to the company and similar actions against the law have been asked to take legal action. There was a long debate on whether to recommend action by naming Lamichhane in the

committee. Shishir Khanal, a member of the committee and MP of RSVP, was adamant that action should not be taken in the name of Lamichhane. "He agreed to sign at the last moment after being reminded by Maoist MP Lekhnath Dahal that if only the RSVP wrote a different opinion, it would send a wrong message," said a member. Even after submitting the

report, he has his own arguments. Lamichhan's involvement in bringing money to Gorkha media network from various cooperatives was not seen. However, the committee has said that the money that has come to Gorkha Media Network should be taken as the then managing director and the responsibility should be borne," he said.

According to members of the investigation committee, the examination of the Home Minister Ramesh Akhtar has now started on when and how the police, the Central Investigation Bureau of the police will investigate and take action against the directors of the cooperative and the people involved. "The Congress leader who raised a loud voice in Parliament in the past for the formation of a special parliamentary committee is now the home minister. How to implement the report, now the main role is his responsibility," he said. Now it is the government's responsibility to implement or not.'