The District Police Office Parsa has informed that the investigation related to the embezzlement of funds of small scale cooperatives involving Ravi Lamichhane, chairman of the National Independent Party, has reached its final stage. The police said that it took some time to hand over the missile as the investigation was also being carried out on asset laundering.

According to the instructions of the public prosecutor's office, the police have informed that the investigation has been carried forward. According to Superintendent of Police, Gautam Mishra, the investigation into other matters related to the embezzlement of small-scale municipal funds has been completed. SP Mishra said that it took some time to hand over the missile as the investigation has progressed even in asset laundering.

"The case related to the misappropriation of funds of the cooperative is currently under investigation," he said.

Last December 25, Lamichhane, who is also the former Home Minister, was taken from Pokhara to Simra via Kathmandu by ship and from there, Birgunj was taken in a vehicle and his statement was taken. Along with Lamichhane, former DIG Chabilal Joshi, another operator of Gorkha Media Network, was brought to Birgunj by road from Pokhara. The investigation officer of the police and the public prosecutor took the statement . 

It has been found that 8.5 million rupees have been directly deposited into the bank account of Gorkha Media Network from Sano Pyla Savings and Loan Cooperative in Birganj Metropolitan City-6 Adarsh ​​Nagar. In the investigation, it has been seen that Rs. It is mentioned in the report of the parliamentary inquiry committee that 85.8 million rupees were transferred from Sanopaila Sahakari while Lamichhane was associated with Gorkha media. Apart from this, 93 crore 62 lakh 97 thousand rupees have been illegally transferred from small cooperatives outside the scope of work .

From April 5, 2078 to July 19, 2079, money has been deposited in Gorkha Media from Sano Paila Sahakari. According to the statement given to the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee, Lamichhane was in the role of managing director of Gorkha Media Pvt. It is mentioned in the report that 4 crore 91 lakh 94 thousand rupees were transferred on 19 July 2018. 

In the hard disk recovered from the house of Gorkha Media Vice President Chabilal Joshi, it was found that money was directly transferred to Gorkha Media from Sano Paila Sahakari . In the report of the parliamentary committee, after it was found out that the money had gone from the small step cooperative in the Gorkha media, the saver filed a case under the name of Lamichhane. According to the savers of Sano Paila Sahakari, when the case was registered about one and a half years ago, Gorkha media could not include the name in the petition due to lack of evidence that money was transferred from Sano Paila Sahakari. After the report of the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee was published, the fact that funds were transferred from the Small Payal Cooperative to Gorkha Media also came out.