Kathmandu, 16 Sep (HS): Former Deputy Prime

Minister and Home Minister Ravi Lamichhane has been held guilty in the

cooperative scandal.

The report by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) with

adequate evidence submitted the inquiry report on Monday. The Committee has

recommended legal action against Lamichhane and his commercial associate G B

Rai. The legal action would be initiated after the report is presented in the

Parliament, Speaker Devraj Ghimire said.

Lamichhane is charged with crores of rupees drawn

from cooperative societies illegally for investment in his media house. Member

of the Parliament Surya Thapa led the JPC and named the cooperative societies

from where Lamichhane took the money. The JPC in his report stated that about

Rs 9 core were illegally used by Lamichhane for his media house. Despite

evidence of involvement in the scandal, Lamichhane had expressed innocence

relating to signatures on documents, cheques, and financial transactions. The

JPC submitted documents bearing his signatures during financial transactions.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar