11.56 million big claims in cooperative fraud and organized crime cases
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District Public Prosecutor's Office, Parsa has registered a case in the Parsa District Court against Ravi Lamichhane, Chairman of the National Independent Party, with a demand of Rs. A charge sheet against Lamichhane in the case of cooperative fraud and organized crime was registered in the district court on 30th of June.
According to Section 124 of the Cooperative Act 2074, Lamichhane can be sentenced to 6 to 8 years in prison as he has lost more than 10 million to 1 billion. Apart from that, additional punishment has also been demanded against him according to clauses (a) and (c) of section 9 of the Prevention of Organized Crime Act 2070. According to which, in addition to the existing law, he can be punished 50% more.
About 1 month ago, after investigating the misappropriation of funds of Sano Paila Savings and Credit Cooperative Society in Birganj, the Parsa Police submitted a report to the Public Prosecutor's Office Parsa . Based on that, the public prosecutor's office has filed charges against 29 people, including Lamichhane, in the district court.
In the same case, Chabilal Joshi has been demanded 72 million bigo, punishment and fine according to the cooperative act and additional punishment according to the Organized Crime Control Act . From the preliminary investigation of the police, it was found that Rs.
It was found that Swarnalakshmi Multi-Purpose Cooperative Organization in Kathmandu took more than the amount of money taken by different people from the small step cooperative. 1 billion 15 million 91 million 44 thousand 395 rupees have been transferred to the account of the cooperative through small steps.
The police confirmed that the Small Payla Cooperative, which was established and operated in Birgunj-6 Adarsh Nagar, embezzled a total of 2.3 billion 14 lakh 29 thousand 800 rupees from 5 thousand 873 local savers.
On 21st July 2080, 52 savers including Naznin Begum filed a complaint at the District Police Office Parsa with the claim that the small step cooperative had embezzled 4 crore 34 lakh 24 thousand 23. After that, 207 savers, including Vishal Sahni Godhi, filed a complaint on 22nd of August 2080 with the claim that they had embezzled 45.8 million 14.421 rupees.
On February 2, 2081, 179 savers, including Manish Kumar Siska, filed a complaint claiming that their Rs. 245.8 million was embezzled.
After the complaint was registered in the case of the small-scale cooperative, the police only investigated the misappropriation of the cooperative's funds, and later, according to the report of the parliamentary investigation committee, they also investigated organized crime and money laundering . The police collected the audit report, day book, vouchers, software called GCS etc. of the small step cooperative and conducted a thorough investigation.
Lamichhane is in Bhairahawa Jail for the embezzlement case of Supreme Cooperative Credit and Savings Cooperative of Butwal. Butwal High Court, Butwal Bench of Tulsipur ordered Lamichhane to be sent to prison for preliminary investigation on 22 Chait 2081 for the offense of fraud and organized crime. District Court Rupandehi on 13th January 081 has canceled the order to release one crore rupees as bail.
