KATHMANDU, Nov 14: The District Government Attorney’s Office (DGAO), Rupandehi, is preparing to conclude the statement of Rabi Lamichhane, the chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), today. The office is preparing to take Lamichhane, who was brought from Kaski to Rupandehi, to Pokhara with a written statement today.
Lamichhane, who has been in police custody in Kaski for nearly a month, was taken to Bhairahawa on Tuesday for the statement.
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The DGAO, Rupandehi, has already begun taking Lamichhane’s statement in connection with charges of organized crime and misappropriation of the savings of the Butwal-based Supreme Cooperative.
According to District Government Attorney Premraj Paudel, the DGAO hopes to conclude Lamichhane’s statement today. Police said that they will take him back to Kaski today, if the statement is completed. Based on Lamichhane’s statement, the police will prepare a supplementary report.
A large number of security personnel have been mobilized around the public prosecutor's office in Bhairahawa. According to the report of a Parliamentary Special Investigation Committee, an amount of Rs 19.6 million was transferred from Butwal’s Supreme Cooperative to the account of the Gorkha Media Network Pvt Ltd in the name of Lamichhane, and investigations are currently ongoing against him.
Lamichane served as the Managing Director of Gorkha Media.
