Giving a statement in the Kaski court, Chabilal Joshi said, ”Ravi has been involved in Gorkha media since before me, the company was registered on his advice.”
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Ravi Lamichhane's parliamentary position has been suspended after the charge sheet was filed in District Court Kaski for cooperative fraud, organized crime and money laundering. With the suspension of Lamichhane, the leadership of the party has also been taken over by DP Aryal as acting chairman.
Lamichhane, who was elected from Chitwan-2 in the House of Representatives, has been automatically suspended as a case has been filed against Lamichhane for the crime of money laundering, the Federal Parliament Secretariat has issued a notice.
General Secretary of the Federal Parliament Secretariat, Padma Prasad Pandey, in a notice issued on Monday, stated that Lamichhane was automatically suspended as an MP in accordance with Section 27 of the Money Laundering (Money Laundering) Prevention Act, 2064. "If any officer or employee of an organized organization established in accordance with prevailing laws or any national servant is detained in accordance with this Act, such employee, official or national servant shall be automatically suspended for the entire period of such detention and if a case is filed against him in accordance with Section 22, until the case is settled," stated in Section 27 of the Act. is.
District Police Office Kaski wrote a letter to Speaker Devraj Ghimire on Sunday and sent an information letter that a case has been filed against Lamichhane in Kaski District Court. A supplementary indictment was registered against Lamichhane, the leader of the fourth largest party in the House of Representatives and former Home Minister, on charges of cooperative fraud, organized crime and money laundering. A letter with the details of the case was also sent to the Speaker by the Office of the District Attorney Kaski.
On Monday, the MP of RSWP met the Speaker and discussed the issue of Kaski Police and Public Prosecutor's office sending a letter for suspension. The chief whips of RSVP, Santosh Periyar, Sovita Gautam and Ganesh Parajuli requested the Speaker to take steps according to the rules of the House of Representatives.
As the suspension of MPs is a subject of Parliament, the RSVP MPs expressed the opinion that action should be taken according to the rules of the House of Representatives.
The RASPA demanded that the information be kept only as per the rules of the House of Representatives, which only suspend the parliamentarians if the court sends them to pre-trial detention. Speaker Ghimire instructed the Secretary General to post the notice of Lamichhane's suspension in the evening. An emergency 'virtual' meeting of the RSVP Secretariat was held before the speaker ordered the notice to be hung. The meeting has decided to support the ongoing investigation and legal process regarding the Chairman. "A brief briefing was held on the case registered by the government in the District Court Kaski against party chairman Ravi Lamichhane, it was decided to fully support the judicial process of the respected court in this regard, the RSVP has full confidence in getting justice from the respected court in this case," said a statement released after the meeting. .
According to Lamichhane's proposal, Raswapa has decided to appoint Deputy Chairman DP Aryal as Acting Chairman. "Vyhora appointed Deputy Chairman Dol Prasad Aryal as Acting Chairman by the party chairman was informed to the party secretariat and it was decided to inform all concerned about this," RSWP said in a statement. The RSVP has also decided to hold the party central committee meeting as soon as possible. Kaski District Court has prepared a statement with Lamichhane. The statement of former DIG of Nepal Police and former director of Gorkha Media Network Chabilal Joshi has started in Kaski Court on Monday.
He has given a statement that Ravi Lamichhane joined the Gorkha Media Network before him regarding the operation of Galaxy TV. Lamichhane, during his (occasional) statement to the police, said that he was not involved in the Gorkha Media Network as a managing director, but as a shareholder. Joshi gave a statement in the court on Monday that Lamichhane was initially tried to make him the director, but he was busy with the construction of a hospital in Raskot, Calikot, but he registered the company on his advice.
Judge Nitij Rai asked about Joshi's statement regarding the charges, punishment and penalty demanded by the public prosecutor's office. While answering the 15 questions asked by the judge, Zhabi said that he had no information about the 'hard disk of software' that was said to have been found in his house. He has repeated the statement he gave to the parliamentary inquiry special committee, the public prosecutor and the investigating officer of the police.
Joshi's statement will continue on Tuesday as well, Kaski district court judge Rajan Khanal said. "Usually the statement is started from the defendant who has more role in the crime," he said, "We will start Ravi Lamichhane's statement after Joshi's on Tuesday." After completing the statement by Thursday, there is a preparation to start the debate on detention from Friday.'
In the case registered on Sunday against 44 people including Ravi Lamichhane, Joshi has been asked to be imprisoned for 8 years to 10 years as per section (d) (6) of sub-section (1) of section 124 under the Cooperative Act, 2074 and a fine equivalent to section (d). 5 crore 26 lakh 65 thousand rupees have been demanded in the charge sheet for co-operative fraud. Under the Organized Crime (Prevention) Act, 2070, imprisonment up to 15 years has been demanded by adding 50 percent of the punishment. 74 crores 34 lakhs 71 thousand 55 rupees have been fixed for asset cleansing. According to sub-section (1) of section 30 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2064, it has been demanded to impose a double fine and imprisonment from two years to 15 years considering the seriousness of the offense and confiscation of assets as per sub-section (1) and (2) of section 34. The Public Prosecutor's Office has demanded that the property belonging to his wife Padma and son Rochak should be confiscated.
