Lamichhane was brought to Birgunj for investigation into the Sanopyla cooperative fraud
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Ravi Lamichhane, the former Home Minister and Chairman of RSVP, who is in police custody for investigation of crimes related to cooperative fraud, racketeering, organized crime and money laundering, was brought to Birganj on Monday. Birgunj's Sanopyla Savings and Loan Cooperative has been brought to Birgunj for investigation on fraud charges.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kishore Lamsal said that Lamichhane was taken from Pokhara to Simra via Kathmandu and then brought to Birganj by road. For some time in front of Simra Airport and District Police Office Parsa, RSVP activists raised slogans. Along with Lamichhane, former DIG Chabilal Joshi, the operator of Gorkha Media Network, has also been brought to Birgunj for investigation into cooperative fraud, police said. According to DSP Lamsal, the investigating officer and public prosecutor will take statements from Lamichhane and Joshi on Tuesday. After the statement, both will be sent to Pokhara.
It is mentioned in the report of the Special Committee of Parliamentary Investigation that it was found that 85.8 million rupees were deposited in the bank account of Gorkha Media Network from Sanopaila Cooperative in Birgunj Metropolitan City-6 Adarsh Nagar. From May 5, 2078 to July 19, 2079, funds were transferred from Sanopayla Cooperative to Gorkha Media. Lamichhane was in the role of Managing Director at Gorkha Media from 1st January 2077 to 1st June 2079.
It is mentioned in the report of the committee that 4 crore 91 lakh 94 thousand rupees were transferred on the same day on July 19, 2078. In the investigation of the committee, it has been seen that Rs. Apart from this, 93 crore 62 lakh 97 thousand rupees have been illegally transferred from Sanopyla outside the scope of work.
When the complaint was filed a year and a half ago, the saver told Gorkha Media that the name could not be included in the application because there was no evidence that money was transferred from Sanopyla Cooperative. "At that time, when the evidence did not arrive, the police filed a complaint against the board of directors and the employees of the cooperative," says Vikram Aggarwal, a saver. We were forced to remove the name due to lack of evidence.'
One hundred and seventy-nine savers filed a complaint against Sanopyala's board of directors, audit committee and employees for co-operative fraud. Neha Paudel, the former vice president of the cooperative, was released on a bond of 11 million on July 21, as per the judgment of the District Court Parsa. Similarly, Radhechandra Yadav, an employee of the cooperative, has also been released on a bond of Rs 35 lakh. According to the police, Sanopaila Cooperative President Ananta Babu Rai, Secretary Devendra Babu Rai, Manager Ashraf Ali Siddiqui, Patron Geetendra Babu (GB) Rai are absconding.
