Ex-Deputy PM's Involvement in Cooperative Fund Scandal Unveiled

Former Deputy Prime Minister Rabi Lamichhane has been remanded in custody for six days in connection with a case of funds misappropriation involving cooperatives. Accusations against Lamichhane, also the Rastriya Swatantra Party's leader, include misusing funds from Suryadarshan and Gorkha Media Network cooperatives. A probe committee implicated him in the scandal.

Nepal's political landscape witnessed a dramatic turn as former Deputy Prime Minister Rabi Lamichhane was placed in custody amid allegations of fund misappropriation.

A court order followed Lamichhane's arrest by the Central Investigation Bureau, linking him to a scandal involving the misuse of cooperative funds.

A special parliamentary probe committee has implicated him and others in the fraud, casting a shadow over his political career.

(With inputs from agencies.)