54 questions on misappropriation of savings of Sanopyla Cooperative in statement
Ravi Lamichhane, who was brought to Birganj to investigate crimes related to cooperative fraud and organized crime, completed his police statement within four hours on Tuesday. A statement was taken from Lamichhane at the Parsa Public Prosecutor's office regarding the misappropriation of Sanopyla Savings and Credit Cooperative Society of Birganj.
According to Bholanath Niraula, Chief Attorney of the Public Prosecutor's Office, Lamichhane was asked 54 questions. According to police sources, Lamichhane had confessed to some matters, but it has not been revealed what they are.
After the statement, Lamichhane was taken to the district police office. While the statement was being made at the public prosecutor's office, the leaders and workers of the RSVP protested in Birganj.
Lamichhane, who was arrested on November 2 in the case of misappropriation of cooperative funds, was brought from Kaski to Birganj on Monday evening. According to Parsa Police Spokesperson Kishore Lamsal, Kaski is scheduled to be taken to Pokhara early Wednesday as the period for Kaski's police custody will end on Wednesday. Chabilal Joshi and Ram Bahadur Khanal, who were in custody of the Kaski police in the cooperative fraud, were sent back to Pokhara by road on Tuesday morning after making a statement in Parsa on Monday. According to Parsa Police Spokesperson Deputy Superintendent of Police Kishore Lamsal, the Parsa Court gave permission to arrest Lamichhane, Joshi and Khanal last Wednesday.
It is mentioned in the report of the Parliamentary Inquiry Special Committee that Rs. The amount was transferred from Sanopyla to Gorkha Media from May 5, 2078 to July 19, 2079. In the hard disk recovered from Joshi's house, it was found that funds were transferred directly from Sanopaila Cooperative to Gorkha Media. In the name of Joshi, the owner and former vice president of Gorkha Media, it has been seen in the investigation that Rs. Apart from that, it has been found that 93 crore 62 lakh 97 thousand rupees have been illegally transferred from Sanopaila Cooperative outside the scope of work.
According to the police, Sanopaila Cooperative President Ananta Babu Rai, Secretary Devendra Babu Rai, Manager Ashraf Ali Siddiqui, Custodian Gitendra Babu (GB) Rai and 11 others absconded. There are
s. Kumar Ramtel, the treasurer of the cooperative, was arrested for defrauding the funds of the Suryadarshan cooperative of Pokhara and is in Kaski jail pending remand. Neha Poudel, former vice president of the cooperative, and employee Radhechandra Yadav, who were arrested, were released on bail.
