Pokhara – Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane will be taken to the Kaski District Court today for case registration in the Cooperative Fraud case in Pokhara.

The District Government Attorney’s Office, Kaski, is preparing to file a case as per the opinion mentioned in the investigation report of the District Police Office. The police had given the opinion that 1.5 billion rupees should be recovered from 51 people including Lamichhane and that cases should be filed for cooperative fraud, organized crime and money laundering.

In the case of Lamichhane, the police investigation report states that 4 to 6 years of imprisonment should be imposed for cooperative fraud, an additional 50 percent punishment for organized crime and 2 to 15 years of imprisonment and a double fine of the amount imposed for money laundering.

The District Attorney’s Office has filed a supplementary charge sheet in court on Friday, increasing the amount of charges against 19 people who were charged last year in the cooperative fraud case. GB Rai, the main mastermind of the cooperative fraud, has been charged with organized crime, money laundering and crimes against the Nepal Rastra Bank Act.

Along with Rabi, cases are also being filed against former DIG Chhabilal Joshi, Leela Pachai, Ram Bahadur Khanal and Krishna Bahadur Gurung.