RUPANDEHI: An investigation has been launched against Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chair Rabi Lamichhane in connection with the Supreme Cooperative fraud case in Rupandehi.
On Thursday, the Rupandehi District Court granted permission to the District Police Office to arrest the former Home Minister, according to court information officer Ananta Raj Marasini.
The parliamentary probe committee on cooperatives fraud found that funds from Supreme Cooperative had been misappropriated by Lamichhane’s Gorkha Media Pvt. Ltd. and used for Galaxy Television.
Lamichhane is currently in custody at the District Police Office for investigation into a separate cooperative fraud case involving Pokhara’s Suryadarshan Cooperative.
After the initial six-day detention expired, the court extended it by another seven days.
Based on the investigation by the Area Police Office, Butwal, the government attorney’s office filed a case in the district court, naming 28 individuals as defendants in the cooperative fraud involving 1,831 depositors and a misappropriated amount of 861.8 million rupees.
Of the total, over 142.9 million rupees was invested in Gorkha Media Network Pvt. Ltd., with 20 million rupees loaned to Lamichhane without completing the required process, as confirmed by the cooperative’s former accountant in her statement.
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