Ravi Lamichhane, the former deputy prime minister and home minister and chairman of the National Independent Party, who was arrested for investigation into cooperative fraud and organized crime, has been brought before the Kaski District Court. The police made him appear in court for an extension.

Lamichhane was taken to the district court after arranging the documents at the district attorney's office in Kaski. According to Suraj Adhikari, Information Officer of District Court Kaski, a petition has been set in the bench of Judge Navraj Dahal for the extension of Lamichhane.

DSP Vasant Kumar Sharma, spokesperson of District Police Office Kaski, said that investigation has been carried out for supplementary cases. "We have proceeded with the investigation to take the supplementary case. They will be taken along with Chabilal Joshi, who was arrested earlier," he said. He informed that Joshi's statement is over. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the police arrested Lamichhane from Kathmandu on Friday. He was brought to Pokhara by road on Saturday at 3:00 am.

Earlier, the Kaski police team went to Kathmandu and recorded statements with Joshi on August 8 and with Lamichhane on August 10. Joshi, the former vice president of Gorkha Media, was arrested from Shankhamul in Kathmandu on October 6 after the report of the parliamentary committee. The Kaski District Court extended the deadline of 20 days on Friday to investigate against Joshi.

Earlier, he was detained for 5 days for the first time and 7 days for the second time. Due to the fact that the date of extension was reduced and then Dasain holiday, the court extended the deadline by 20 days to be effective from October 17. Joshi claimed that GB Rai, Lamichhane and others were involved in embezzling money from the cooperative through Gorkha media and claimed that he was innocent. Rai, who has been absconding since last year, is currently in Malaysia, police said.