A High Court in Nepal has ordered bailed former Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane to be sent to jail in cooperative scam case. The Butwal bench of Tulsipur High Court late on Friday evening ordered Lamichhane to be sent to jail overturning the decision of the District Court of Rupandehi.
Lamichhane is accused of misappropriating NRS 1.199 billion from the Swarnalakshmi Cooperative alongside 38 accomplices, including key officials of the Gorkha Media Network including former vice chair Chhabilal Joshi, chair Gitendra Babu (GB) Rai, and director Kumar Ramtel.
A special inquiry by a parliamentary committee formed to investigate the cooperative scam involving former Home Minister Rami Lamichhane has found him guilty of embezzlement of millions of rupees as a part of the cooperative scam.