Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has directed the Nepal Police to implement the report prepared and submitted by the parliamentary special investigation committee formed to probe the cooperatives scam.

According to sources from the Ministry, the Lekhak sent the report to the Police Headquarters on Sunday, instructing them to act on it immediately.

The report recommends investigating four individuals, including the former managing director of Gorkha Media and chairman of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Rabi Lamichhane, on the four charges- fraud, forgery, organised crime and money laundering. Previously, the report had been forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Cooperatives, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Industry, as per a Cabinet decision.

The special committee's report made public on Friday suggested that Lamichhane, Gorkha Media's chairman Gitendra Babu (GB) Rai, former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Nepal Police Chhabilal Joshi, and Kumar Ramtel be investigated for their alleged involvement in the misappropriation of funds from various cooperatives.

Chapter 8 of the parliamentary committee’s report mentioned that the cooperative fraud case was subject to the Cooperative Act 2017, sections on forgery under the Criminal Code, the Organised Crime Prevention Act 2013, and the Anti-Money Laundering Act 2008.

Rai was Gorkha Media Network's chair and Lamichhane its managing director when over Rs650 million was brought into the company from various cooperatives including Suryadarshan in Pokhara, Sahara in Chitwan, Supreme in Butwal, and Swarnalakshmi in Kathmandu. The seven-member parliamentary committee headed by Surya Thapa comprised Sarita Bhusal of CPN-UML, Ishwari Neupane and Badri Pandey of Nepali Congress, Lekhnath Dahal of CPN (Maoist Centre), Shishir Khanal of the Rastriya Swatantra Party and Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party as its members.

Their report highlights violations of various laws, such as transferring cooperative funds into the company, producing false documents for share transactions, and discrepancies in the sources of investment.