Himal Press 
KATHMANDU: The Kaski District Court has approved an application filed by the district government attorney’s office to withdraw organised crime and money laundering charges against Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane and others in connection with the Suryadarshan Savings and Credit Cooperative fraud case.
A bench of District Judge Himalal Belbase granted permission to the Kaski District Government Office to amend the charge-sheet to drop these two charges.
The district court’s order means Lamichhane, the main accused in the Suryadarshan case, GB Rai, former DIG Chhabilal Joshi, and other defendants will now face only cooperative fraud charges.
Attorney General Sabita Bhandari Baral, who was appointed by interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki after the last September protest, had earlier decided to remove the organized crime and money laundering charges against Lamichhane and other defendants. The Kaski District Government Attorney’s Office had then filed an application at the district court seeking to amend the charge sheet to drop the two charges.
“The bench on Friday approved the application to drop those two charges,” Ram Bahadur Kisan, information officer at the Kaski District Court, told Hima Press over the phone.
