Ravi Lamichhane, president of the RSVP, who is in the custody of the Kaski police for investigations related to cooperative fraud, organized crime and money laundering, has been brought to the district court in Kaski for extension. Rajan Khanal said that the police demanded an extension of 4 days and brought Lamichhane to the Kaski District Court.
Lamichhane has been in Kaski police custody since November 3. After completing the investigation against Lamichhane, the Kaski police have submitted a report to the public prosecutor's office on Monday.
The police has submitted a report with the recommendation to prosecute Ravi Lamichhane, president of the RSWP, as well as 50 other people, for misappropriating the savings of 18,700 members of Suryadarshan Cooperative in Pokhara. It is recommended to prosecute Lamichhane for cooperative fraud and organized crime for four to six years plus 50% and for asset laundering two to 15 years in prison and 280 million bigos and a fine of the same amount.
A case has been registered on October 18, 2080 against 19 people who were arrested and absconding in the Suryadarshan cooperative fraud. GB Rai, who is also the chairman of Gorkha Media Network, is absconding among those prosecuted.
Now, the police is of the opinion to prosecute 32 people including Lamichhane and collect a total of 1.35 billion from the cooperative.
Suryadarshan Sahakari through Gitendrababu (GB) Rai Lamichhane's Global IME Bank account 75 lakhs was deposited and Suryadarshan Sahakari itself in Lamichhane's name 50 lakhs was paid to Gorkha Media, police claim. Similarly, police claims that 261,444,000 was transferred to the Gorkha Media Network during the period when Lamichhane was the shareholder and managing director by misappropriating the funds of cooperatives including Suryadarshan. In this way, a total of 27 crore 89 lakh 44 thousand 7 hundred 5 rupees has been claimed.
