Arrest warrants have already been issued against 24 people in connection with the embezzlement of the savings of Swarnalakshmi Cooperative in Kathmandu.
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Kathmandu District Court has issued an arrest warrant against former Home Minister and Chairman of National Independent Party Ravi Lamichhane and former DIG of Nepal Police Chabilal Joshi. While they were in the Gorkha media network, they were arrested and allowed to investigate the case of Swarnalakshmi Sahakari in Kalimati, Kathmandu.
In this cooperative's savings embezzlement case The court has already given permission to arrest 24 people, including the president of Gorkha Media, Gitendrababu Rai.
Lamichhane, who was also the managing director of Gorkha Media Network at the time, and former DIG Joshi, who was the vice president at the time, are currently in Kaski police custody. An investigation is being conducted against both of them for misappropriating the savings of Suryadarshan Cooperative of Pokhara . Similarly, the police have also taken statements from Lamichhane and Joshi in the case of embezzlement of Supreme Cooperative of Butwal. The Rupandehi court also issued an arrest warrant against him.
Arrest warrant was previously issued for investigating the misappropriation of savings of Swarnalakshmi Cooperative in Kathmandu, along with GB, Devendra Babu Rai, Vice President of Swarnalakshmi Cooperative, Treasurer Kumar Ramtel, Secretary Iran Lama, Joint Secretary Kavita Lama, Members Hemant Adhikari and Ravina Rimal, Suraj Shrestha, Former Loan Subcommittee Member, Ex-Treasurer Meera Bamjan , former joint secretary Maya Rai and former manager Naveen Achami. Arrest warrants have also been issued against ex-directors Deepak Lama, Savina Ale Magar, Bhakta Bahadur Bholan, Yamkumar Nalbo, Raju Baral, Punamkumar Chalise, Pradeep Lama, Savita Lama, Ganeshraj Shrestha, Sunita Neva, Shantikumari Subedi, Roman Kafle, Kamal Lama, former loan sub-committee member Raju Baral. has been
The Parliamentary Inquiry Special Committee formed under the leadership of UML MP Surya Bahadur Thapa to study the misappropriation of cooperative savings also asked the police to investigate the misappropriation of Swarnalakshmi's savings and bring the culprits to justice. Based on the facts and evidence revealed by the investigation committee report and the police investigation, the then Vice President of Gorkha Media and former DIG Chabilal Joshi and former Home Minister Lamichhane, who was also the then Managing Director of Gorkha Media, have been arrested and detained pending investigation.
Lamichhane and Joshi, along with the accused, are being investigated by the police for offenses related to cooperative fraud, organized crime and money laundering. Lamichhane and Joshi are being investigated by the police for embezzling the savings of Suryadarshan of Kaski (Pokhara), Supreme of Ruppandehi (Butwal), Sahara of Chitwan (Bharatpur) and Sano Paila Sahakari of Parsa (Birganj) along with Swarnalakshmi of Kathmandu to Gorkha media network.
