Evidence has been found that the then managing director of Gorkha Media Network Pvt. Ravi Lamichhane, who claimed that he had no knowledge of the transactions between the company and the cooperative, cut a check and paid interest to the cooperative. After the police found more evidence than the parliamentary special committee set up to investigate the misappropriation of cooperative savings, the court also extended Lamichhane's detention.

Lamichhane, who was the home minister, hastily formed an alliance after the news about the co-operative fraud, and tried to suppress the investigation by abusing his power and authority. However, after constant noise in the parliament, the special committee formed by the Gorkha Media Network's owners GB Rai, Kumar Ramtel, Chabilal Joshi and Ravi Lamichhane sent a letter to the Nepal government to 'take action according to prevailing laws'.

Based on the recommendation of the parliamentary committee, the police arrested Lamichhane in Kathmandu on November 2 and took him to Pokhara. Evidence obtained by the police before and after that confirmed Lamichhane's direct involvement in dealings and fraud with the cooperative. Kantipur has received a copy of the check cut by him.

A check cut by Ravi Lamichhane to pay the interest of Suryadarshan Sahakari of Pokhara from the account of Gorkha Media Network with signature .

According to the evidence received by the police so far, Gorkha Media Network took 677.6 million rupees from five cooperatives, and 15.55 million 86 thousand 304 rupees was paid by Lamichhane himself by cutting a check. For this, about three dozen checks cut by him on different dates have been recovered by the police. 

'It has been found that Lamichhane cut 15 checks from the account number 0401010000577 in the name of Gorkha Media Network in the name of Gorkha Media Network to pay interest to Swarnalakshmi Cooperative,' said a police officer involved in the investigation. Lamichhane is in Global IME Bank to pay 37 thousand 644 rupees It has been found that 15 checks have been cut from the account number 0401010000577. Likewise, the police officials have confirmed that Lamichhane cut the check to pay 40 lakh 42 thousand rupees to Supreme Cooperative of Rupandehi. 

Ravi Lamichhane signed with Global IME Bank for Gorkha Media Network Pvt.

Gorkha Media Network Chairman Gitendrababu (GB) Rai, Director Chabilal Joshi and the then Managing Director Ravi Lamichhane, the signature of any one of the accounts operated in Global IME Bank was received by the Parliamentary Committee. The committee also found the KYC form filled by Lamichhane as the account manager. The police collected evidence that Lamichhane also paid interest to the cooperative from the same account. 

'Evidence of a more serious nature than the basis and evidence given by the parliamentary committee has been found in the co-operative fraud,' says a policeman involved in the investigation, 'The checks signed and cut by Lamichhane, who claimed to have no knowledge of the dealings with the co-operative, have been sent to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory of the police for forensic examination. .' 

Lamichhane has admitted to the police that the signature on the check is his own. During the statement, he did not say that it was not my signature. I had signed and kept the check in the office, someone cut it, I don't know,' said the police officer, 'I didn't say it was signed by me before.' , has been giving a statement in the style of 'I don't know' to all the questions about how the business was done in the cooperative in his name. 

When Lamichhane challenged him, the police showed him a check, he got angry, and he was shocked. . A case has been filed against 18 people in the Suryadarshan Cooperative fraud, Kumar Ramtel, who is also the owner of Gorkha Media, is in Kaski jail pending trial. Similarly, a case has been filed against 28 people in Supreme Cooperative fraud in Butwal. The persons arrested in Rupandehi are in custody pending trial. 

According to the recommendations of the parliamentary inquiry special committee, the police have also found that more money was flowing from the cooperative to the Gorkha media network than the parliamentary committee pointed out. The investigation committee collected the fact that 655.4 million was flowed from the cooperative to Gorkha Media. "But it seems that at least 677.6 million rupees have flowed from the five cooperatives to the Gorkha Media Network," the source said. The amount belongs to about 50,000 savers.

Lamichhane has been detained and investigated by the Kaski District Court for 15 more days for investigation into fraud, organized crime, forgery of government documents and money laundering. On Sunday, the bench of Judge Himalal Belwase extended the period for investigation of four people who were detained for the same crime, including Lamichhane. Along with Lamichhane, former DIG Joshi, another operator of Gorkha Media Network, Leela Pachai and Ram Bahadur Khanal, who were arrested in the same crime, have been extended the detention period. Earlier, 6 days, then 7 days, 10 days and 13 days were extended against Lamichhane.

Lamichhane's check cut for other purposes as the account holder of Gorkha Media was received by the parliamentary committee. RSVP MP Shishir Khanal, who is also a member of the Parliamentary Inquiry Special Committee, told Kantipur, "The check signed by Ravi Lamichhaneji has already been mentioned in the report of the committee." Whether the checks were related to salaries of employees working at Gurkha Media or payments made by Gurkha Media to various companies. During the investigation by the parliamentary committee, no evidence was found that Lamichhane had cut a check in the transaction between the Gorkha media and the cooperative.'