Himal Press 
LUMBINI: The District Government Attorney’s Office (DGAO), Rupandehi, has submitted a charge sheet in the Supreme Cooperative fraud case at the Rupandehi District Court on Sunday.
The DGAO Rupandehi is filing a charge sheet against 39 individuals, including former Home Minister and Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane, in cooperative fraud and organized crime. “We have submitted the case for prosecution. The court will initiate the registration process after reviewing it,” District Attorney Prem Raj Paudel said.
Government attorneys are seeking to recover Rs 40 million in damages, including Rs 20 million in personal liability, from Lamichhane. According to the DGAO, Lamichhane reportedly secured a Rs 20 million loan from the cooperative. The amount was deposited in the bank account of Gorkha Media Network after deducting Rs 400,000 as a service fee, which was maintained at Global IME Bank Ltd.
Lamichhane served as managing director of Gorkha Media Network before he formed the RSP.
This is the second supplementary investigation into the misappropriation of funds at Supreme Cooperative. Earlier, in April 2023, a case was registered in the district when Lamichhane was the Home Minister. At that time, government attorneys claimed Rs 861.82 million parked in the cooperative by 1,831 depositors was misused.
Lamichhane is facing similar cooperative fraud cases in Kaski and Kathmandu districts. District courts in both districts have released him on bail.
