The Kathmandu District Court has issued an arrest warrant against former Home Minister and Chairman of the National Independent Party Ravi Lamichhane and former DIG of Nepal Police Chabilal Joshi for investigating cooperative fraud. On the application of District Police Complex Kathmandu, the court issued an arrest warrant against Lamichhane and Joshi on Sunday to investigate the saving fraud of Swarnalakshmi Sahakari in Kalimati.

As soon as the arrest warrant is issued, the police have prepared to take both of them out of the car and take their statements. Lamichhane and Joshi are currently in the custody of the Kaski police during the investigation of the Suryadarshan Cooperative fraud in Pokhara. While they were in custody, Rupandehi District Court had issued an arrest warrant against both of them to investigate the Supreme Cooperative fraud in Butwal. 

Rupandehi police have taken both of them out of the car and taken their statements. Kathmandu Police is investigating the Swarnalakshmi Cooperative case for fraud, organized crime and money laundering. The Kathmandu Police is investigating the case of misappropriation of Swarnalakshmi Sahakari's funds while Lamichhane was the Managing Director and Joshi was the Vice President of Gorkha Media Network. An official of the Kathmandu Police said that after the involvement of Lamichhane and Joshi in the co-operative fraud, an arrest warrant was obtained from the court for investigation.

In this case last October, the Kathmandu District Court has already issued arrest warrants against 24 people, including Geetendra Babu (GB) Rai, president of Gorkha Media, out of which some of the accused, including Rai, are absconding. The accused along with Rai absconded after the investigation into the Suryadarshan Cooperative fraud case of Pokhara. It has been revealed by the parliamentary investigation committee and police investigation that Rai was involved in the fraud of Suryadarshan Cooperative and Supreme Cooperative of Butwal.

645 members filed a fraud complaint saying that 1 billion 118 million 58 thousand were embezzled from Swarnalakshmi. During the investigation, it was found that savings were embezzled in collusion with the then directors, employees, Gorkha media officials and others. It has also been revealed that money was illegally transferred from Swarnalakshmi to a dozen companies including Gorkha Media. The Parliamentary Inquiry Special Committee also recommended action against the then chairman of the network Rai, the then vice chairman and former DIG Joshi, the then managing director Lamichhane and the owner Kumar Ramtel for misappropriating the cooperative's savings to Gorkha Media Network. After that, the police started an investigation into cooperative fraud. At the same time, Swarnalakshmi's savings fraud case was also investigated.

Swarnalakshmi Sahakari collected 2 billion 65 crore 95 lakh 59 thousand 58 rupees from 6 thousand 669 people with its head office in Kalimati, New Road, Maharajgunj, Swayambhu and Jorpati. During the investigation after the complaint of the members, Swarnalakshmi vice president Devendrababu Rai, treasurer Kumar Ramtel, secretary Iran Lama, joint secretary Kavita Lama, members Hemant Adhikari and Raveena Rimal, former loan sub-committee member Suraj Shrestha, former treasurer Meera Bamjan, former joint secretary Maya Rai and former manager Naveen Achami were found involved in embezzlement. were

Similarly, former directors Deepak Lama, Savina Ale Magar, Bhakta Bahadur Bholan, Yam Kumar Nalbo, Raju Baral, Punam Kumar Chalise, Pradeep Lama, Savita Lama, Ganeshraj Shrestha, Sunita Neva, Shantikumari Subedi, Roman Kafle, Kamal Lama, Pre-loan sub-committee member Raju After Baral was found involved, an arrest warrant was issued against them on Dasaint. 

The police are investigating fraud, organized crime and money laundering against the accused including Lamichhane, Joshi and Rai in the case of Suryadarshan in Pokhara and Supreme Cooperative in Butwal. According to the police, investigations are being carried out in all these three crimes in Swarnalakshmi case as well. Chitwan's Sahara and Virganj's Sanopaila Cooperatives have also been found to have embezzled money by taking funds to the Gorkha media. An officer of the police said that the investigation against the accused has started in these districts as well. 

It has been seen that the savings of cooperatives have been taken from Swarnalakshmi to 11 companies. Devdeep Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Farm, Mandara Ters and Expansion, Gorkha Herbal Production Pvt Ltd, Mandara Tours and Travel Pvt Ltd, Kumkum Herbal Industries Pvt Ltd, Herbo International Pvt Ltd, New Sulux Offset Printers Pvt Ltd, Saregama Records Pvt Ltd along with Gorkha Media and Gorkha Group of Companies from Swarnalakshmi. , Springwood Real Estate Pvt Ltd and Galaxy TV were found to have taken money.

Lamichhane became managing director with 15 percent stake in Gorkha Media. The remaining shares were held in the names of Rai, Joshi and Ramtel. It is mentioned that Rai, Joshi and Lamichhane took 46 lakh 88 thousand to buy 'Eco Seven Seater Van' on 1st of February 2078 in the name of Rai and Lamichhane, apart from the money taken from the cooperative to the account of Gorkha Media. 29 lakh 52 thousand taken to buy the van is still to be paid.