Rupandehi District Court orders release of Lamichhane on Rs 10 million bail

Kathmandu / Jan 26: The Rupandehi District Court on Sunday ordered the release of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane on a bail of Rs 10 million in the Supreme Cooperative fraud case.

According to the court’s magistrate Kumar Khatiwada, a single bench of Judge Pralhad Kumar Yogi issued the order on Sunday after days of closed-door arguments.

With this, former home minister Lamichhane has been released on bail by three district courts, paying a total of Rs 22 million in bail amount.

Lamichhane, who denies the charges, has faced similar allegations Chitwan and Parsa as well.

He is accused of illegally diverting millions of rupees from cooperatives in the five districts to the Gorkha Media Network that operated now-defunct Galaxy 4K TV, where he was managing director before he joined politics in June 2022.