Lamichhane sent to judicial custody

KATHMANDU: The Chitwan District Court has sent former Deputy Prime Minister and Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane to judicial custody.

A bench of District Judge Dayaram Dhakal issued the order as his detention hearing could not be concluded on Wednesday.

Lamichhane appeared before the court on Wednesday morning after he was charged with embezzlement of funds from Sahara Chitwan Cooperative at the district court on Tuesday.

During previous detention hearings in similar cooperative fund embezzlement cases, the district courts in Kathmandu and Rupandehi had handed him over to his family on condition that he appear before the court for the hearing