KATHMANDU, Dec 23: The hearing on the case of Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane and others will begin on Monday.
After the case is presented in the courtroom on Monday, the bench of judges will be determined. The bench will issue an order on whether to release Rabi and others on bail or on a general date or to send them to custody until the trial.
On Sunday, a case was filed at the Kaski District Court against Lamichhane and others for cooperative fraud, organized crime and money laundering offenses.
Currently, Lamichhane is in custody at the Kaski District Police Office. He was arrested on charges of misappropriating savings from the Suryadarshan Cooperative in Pokhara.
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Assistant District Attorney Shanti Devi Sharma of the Kaski District Government Attorney’s Office (DGAO) said that a case has been filed against Lamichhane for money laundering, claiming a compensation of over Rs 278.94 million on charge of , and demanding a compensation of cooperative fraud.
According to her, a case has been filed today against Ram Bahadur Khanal, Chhabilal Joshi and Leela Pachai, who were also involved in the cooperative fraud case along with RSP Chairman Lamichhane.
Assistant District Attorney Sharma said that DGAO has sought compensation from the defendants, including Rs 143 million from Khanal, Rs 743.71 million from Joshi, and Rs 246.7 million from Pachai.
Similarly, Rs 52.6 million for cooperative fraud have been demanded against Joshi in compensation and Rs 21.4 million from Dipesh Pun.
According to the DGAO, a case has also been registered against other persons accused of co-operative fraud, with the demand for punishment and compensation according to the crime.
A case has also been registered today against 19 people including Lamichhane in organized crime. A case has been filed against 31 people including Lamichhane in the cooperative fraud case. So far, a case has been filed against 63 people in the Kaski District Court in money laundering of Suryadarshan Cooperative.
The District Court Information Officer Suraj Adhikari said that a charge sheet has been registered against various persons including Lamichhane for the crime of cooperative fraud, organized crime and money laundering. Lamichhane, who was arrested on October 18 in Kathmandu for allegedly embezzling savings from the cooperative, is currently under investigation for cooperative fraud in multiple districts, including Kaski.
