KATHMANDU: Rabi Lamichhane, the Chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), is being produced in the District Court of Kaski today.
He was arrested for cooperative fraud and organized crime by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CIB) of Nepal Police on Friday evening in Kathmandu.
He was then transported to Pokhara by road at 3 a.m. on Saturday and taken to the District Police Office in Kaski after undergoing a health examination at the Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences.
As the court was closed on Saturday, he will be produced today.
The police plan to request an extension of the investigation deadline regarding the charges of cooperative fraud and organized crime against him.
Lamichhane, a former Managing Director of Gorkha Media, faces allegations of embezzling over 65 million rupees from the cooperative, including Suryadarshan of Pokhara, and diverting these funds to Gorkha Media.
The Parliamentary Investigation Special Committee has recommended an investigation into Lamichhane and others involved, including Gorkha Media Network’s former Managing Director Lamichhane, Chairman GB Rai, former vice chairman and former Deputy Inspector General of Nepal Police Chabilal Joshi, and Director Kumar Ramtel.
The charges relate to fraud, racketeering, organized crime, and money laundering.
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