According to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, after the indictment is registered, the post is automatically suspended. According to Section-27 of the Act, an employee, official or public servant is considered to be automatically suspended until the end of the case. - District Attorney Kamala Kafle
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Ravi Lamichhane, Chairman of Rashtriya Swatantra Party and former Home Minister, will be suspended as an MP. Lamichhane's position as MP will be automatically suspended due to the filing of an indictment in the court under the Money Laundering (Money Laundering) Prevention Act.
Kamala Kafle, District Attorney of the District Public Prosecutor's Office, Kaski, said that Lamichhane's position will be suspended according to the law until the case is finally decided.
'According to the Money Laundering (Money Laundering) Prevention Act, the post is automatically suspended after the indictment is filed . According to Section-27 of the Act, an employee, official or national servant is automatically suspended until the case is settled,' said Kafle in a conversation with Kantipur. She also said that she is preparing to send a letter to the Parliament Secretariat with information about the indictment being registered in the court.
Article 27 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act provides for automatic suspension. 'Any officer or employee of an organized organization established in accordance with prevailing laws or If a national servant is in detention according to this Act, such employee, official or national servant shall be deemed to be automatically suspended for the entire period of such detention and if a case is filed against him according to section 22, until the end of the case, it is mentioned in that section.
District Public Prosecutor's Office Kaski has registered a case against 31 people including Lamichhane in District Court Kaski on Sunday . In Pokhara's Suryadarshan Cooperative fraud case, a case has been registered against them for 3 offences. Along with Lamichhane, a case has been registered against former DIG Chhabilal Joshi, Leela Pachai, Ram Bahadur Khanal and Krishna Bahadur Gurung for crimes related to cooperative fraud, organized crime and money laundering. According to Shrestedar Khyamnarayan Lamichhane on behalf of Kaski District Court, a case has also been registered against 8 different companies. Similarly, the public prosecutor's office is of the opinion that the property of 5 people should be confiscated. Shrestedar Lamichhane said that a total of 44 individuals and companies were made defendants.
An indictment has been registered with Lamichhane with a demand of 27 million 89 million 44 thousand rupees for asset laundering including collective 1 crore 62 lakh 65 thousand and individual 1 crore 75 lakh under cooperative fraud.
The police gave an opinion that one and a half billion rupees should be recovered from 51 people including Lamichhane and should be prosecuted for cooperative fraud, organized crime and money laundering . In the case of Lamichhane, 4 to 6 years imprisonment for co-operative fraud, 50 percent more punishment for organized crime and 2 to 15 years imprisonment and double fine for money laundering are mentioned in the police investigation report.
The District Public Prosecutor's Office has already registered the supplementary chargesheet in the court on Friday, adding charges and errors against 19 people who were sued for co-operative fraud last year. GB Rai, the mastermind of the co-operative fraud, has been charged with organized crime, money laundering and offenses against the National Bank Act.
