Argument between Lamichhane and co-op in the court

I was abused by the police: Lamichhane

मंसिर २४, २०८१

रमेशकुमार पौडेल, दीपक परियार

Argument between Lamichhane and co-op in the court

Various claims have been made about the behavior of the Chitwan police against Ravi Lamichhane, the former home minister and chairman of the RSVP, who is being detained for investigation into crimes related to co-operative fraud, piracy, organized crime and money laundering.

 

Lamichhane has appealed to the Human Rights Commission saying that he was picked up in the middle of the night while he was sleeping and taken to Pokhara. The police claimed that after the statement was over in Chitwan late in the evening, they met their relatives and took them to Pokhara.

Meanwhile, the leader of the cooperative victims appeared in the courtroom and pleaded not to affect the police investigation saying that Lamichhane suppressed their voices when he was the home minister. 

In Kaski court on Sunday, Lamichhane claimed that he was mistreated when he was taken from Chitwan to Pokhara. I could not sleep all night because the detention was cold, I gave my statement all day. The police took me to Pokhara when I was sleeping at night, the police abused me. My family, my party and my lawyer were taken away overnight without even being allowed to speak,” said Lamichhane.

Raswapa also objected that Lamichhane was taken overnight from Chitwan to Pokhara. "While he was sleeping all day at the Chitwan district public prosecutor's office, he was suddenly picked up in the middle of the night and taken to Pokhara by road at 3:00 p.m.," said the statement issued by the RASPA on Friday. , is an insulting and illegal move.' requested. The Chitwan police claim that Lamichhane was not taken to the detention room after the statement was over in Bharatpur on Wednesday night, Lamichhane met relatives and well-wishers in the meeting room and was taken to Pokhara at 12:50 PM from the meeting room. There was also a clash between protesters and police in front of the Chitwan police office on Wednesday.

Chitwan Police Spokesperson DSP Bhesraj Rizal said in a statement issued on Sunday, 'while the investigation was being conducted, the mob pelted stones at the police, tried to enter the district police office and the public prosecutor's office, and the weather was unfavorable for air flights. It was not possible to take him by flight, and when analyzing the information received immediately, it was seen that his safety could be adversely affected by the crowd.' 

'Lamichhane was respectfully sent to Pokhara at night as 13 policemen were injured by RSVP workers in the clash on the day of the statement and there is a possibility of another clash the next day,' a senior official said, 'He was safely brought to Pokhara from Chitwan under the leadership of DSP following security precautions according to the law. delivered.' 

Lamichhane, who was arrested in Kathmandu on the evening of October 2, tried to reach Pokhara by boat, claiming that Lamichhane forced himself to go by road. A police officer said, 'Despite the facility of 20-minute air travel, Lamichhane insisted on traveling through the night, even then there was a crowd of workers on the road. He expected that it would gather, this year also he hoped that the workers would disrupt it in the morning, but because it did not happen, he spread confusion.' 

Police and Lamichhane's claims were debated in the Kaski court on Sunday. District Attorney Kamala Kafle, Assistant District Attorneys Shantidevi Sharma and Bipinraj Tiwari and lawyer Yuvraj Parajuli argued on behalf of the cooperative victims.

They requested an extension saying that the police are finalizing the charge sheet and need to understand the evidence. Senior advocate Sushil Pant and advocates Hari Subedi and Narayan Kandel argued on behalf of Lamichhane.

They argued that Lamichhane was being politically retaliated against, that the extension was not justified, and that he was being treated inhumanely while in custody. In the courtroom, Lamichhane said that he was taken to Chitwan in a state of headache due to having to sit in a cold room in Kathmandu, and that he was taken to Chitwan for 8 hours after taking Citamol. 

Along with the issue of human rights violations, Lamichhane has also raised questions about the quality of detention and the capacity of the police. In Lamichhane's statement, Krishan Jaisi, the victim's whistleblower, questioned why the quality of custody and the professionalism of the police did not improve when he was the home minister twice.

'If you had made a procedure when you were the Minister of Home Affairs, you could have made the detention room human rights friendly, if the police did not have the capacity, you could have trained them, this is not something that you can cry and ask before the court,' he said in the courtroom, 'which the police have said that they picked him up at 12 o'clock, the leadership of the cooperative victim. When I asked for justice, he also ordered me to wake up at 4 o'clock. Plainclothes police tried to pick up the whistleblower. When he was the home minister, the victim was picked up from inside the district police office and thrown outside the gate.' 

Jaycee said that since the beginning, the savers demanded their savings back. "Wherever I have gone, I have said that they have come to ask for my money, wherever we have gone, we have said that we should get the money back," he said. This is true. We don't want a verdict, we want money earned by blood and sweat.' 

Lamichhane asked to keep himself out and investigate. Jaisi, the leader of the cooperative victims, argued that if the accused were left out, the evidence would be destroyed.

'Tomorrow, if the government changes and RSVP goes to the government, they can put the case on hold again. They can even influence the Attorney General's office," he said, "They can change our case by making political agreements. They can do the same as saying no/no in the first place. Passport scandal, citizenship scandal and other scandals can run away. They can also attack the whistleblower.' After speaking like a

, Lamichhane raised his hand and indicated that he wanted to speak again. The judge gave him another chance. Lamichhane said that he would have to return the money of the savers from the day he left. Judge Himlal Belbase ordered that the health of Lamichhane and Joshi be examined and that the police should take care of the detainees' human rights. He asked to be confident that the court will decide on the basis of facts and evidence, stating that the court will not favor anyone. 

Kaski District Court on Sunday allowed Lamichhane to be detained for 4 more days for investigation. Judge Belbase's bench has extended the deadline for investigation against him along with Chhabilal Joshi, Leela Pachai, Ram Bahadur Khanal and Krishna Bahadur Gurung in cooperative fraud, organized crime and money laundering. 

When Lamichhane was the owner and managing director of Gorkha Media Network, it was seen that he illegally took money from Suryadarshan Cooperative in Pokhara, so the police is investigating. Suprem in Rupandehi, Swarnalakshmi in Kathmandu, Sahara in Chitwan and Small Paila Sahakari in Birganj are also being investigated because money went to Gorkha media in the same way.

He has given a statement at the District Public Prosecutor's Office of Rupandehi, Kathmandu and Chitwan, and the Parsa District Court has issued an arrest warrant against Lamichhane.

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