Issuing a notice, the General Secretary of the Parliament Secretariat, Padma Prasad Pandey announced Lamichhane's MP position has been suspended. The Kaski District Attorney on Sunday had filed case including money laundering.
The District Government Attorney's Office filed the charge sheet against Lamichhane and others at the Kaski District Court in connection with the Suryadarshan Cooperative fraud case.
In the first phase of the investigation, Lamichhane has been recommended to be persecuted under cases of cooperative fraud, organised crime, and money laundering.
Lamichhane, also the chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was flown in a regular flight from Pokhara to Kathmandu and taken to the District Police Range, Kathmandu. Dozens of supporters chanting slogans gathered outside the domestic terminal of Tribhuvan International Airport in Ka
Judge Himalal Belbase issued the decision on Sunday, applying the extension to Lamichhane and three co-accused in allegations of cooperative fraud, organised crime, and money laundering The Kathmandu Post reported.
The Kaski District Court remanded former Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane into custody for six days for further investigation on charges of cooperative fund embezzlement and organised crime.
Lamichhane, the chairman of Rastriya Swatantra Party, now in opposition who rose to power through the last general election was arrested as he stepped out from the party office in Kathmandu. The police, before formally arresting him on the charges had handed him over the arrest warrant issue
The Kaski District Court in Nepal issued an arrest warrant against former Home Minister and the chairman of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Rabi Lamichhane on Sunday.
Building pressure from all fronts, the Nepali Congress has launched a full-fledged protest from parliament to the roads, demanding an investigation into Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane.
Members of the Nepal Student Union (NSU) on Friday afternoon chanted slogans demanding the formation of a parliamentary committee to investigate cooperative fraud amounting to millions in which Lamichhane is allegedly involved.