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The scheme allegedly used dummy borrowers, fake loans, and bridge accounts to divert depositors' funds, affecting over 19,000 depositors. Lamichhane was arrested in October 2024, spent over a year in custody, and was released on Rs 268 million bail in December 2025, with trials still pending across multiple courts on charges including cooperative fraud, organized crime, and money laundering.\r\n\r\nList of related court cases (As of 2082, Paush 21):\r\n\r\n| **Reg. 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Ltd. as its Managing Director. He is also awarded 180,000 'sweat shares' (15% of total). At this time, Lamichhane was a media personality and journalist, not yet involved in politics."},{"date":"2022-06-15","title":"Lamichhane Leaves Gorkha Media","date_bs":"2079-03-01","description":"Rabi Lamichhane resigns from his position, \"sells\" his shares to G.B. Rai for a total of N.Rs. 1 crore 80 lakhs. Later, Lamichhane claims, and evidence shows, that evidence that the check he deposited to his account was bounced, meaning the transaction was only meant to fulfill legal requirements and was of no monetary value."},{"date":"2022-07-01","title":"Rabi Lamichhane establishes Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)","date_bs":"2079-03-17","description":"Rabi Lamichhane establishes the Rastriya Swatantra Party /National Independent Party (RSP) and becomes its founding Chairman."},{"date":"2022-12-26","title":"Rabi Lamichhane Becomes Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister","date_bs":"2079-09-11","description":"Rabi Lamichhane wins federal elections from Chitwan-2 constituency, becomes MP. He is then appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs in the coalition government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda)."},{"date":"2023-04-28","title":"Lamichhane Returns as Member of Parliament/Home Minister position after his citizenship case","date_bs":"2080-01-15","description":"After the Supreme Court gave verdict that Lamichhane was not a Nepali citizenship, he was stripped of his MP and ministerial positions. After finishing up his reinstatement of Nepali citizenship, and winning the by-election in Chitwan-2 constituency (which he had previously won), Lamichhane is reinstated as a Member of Parliament. The Prachanda cabinet also re-instates him as the Home Minister for a second time."},{"date":"2023-12-25","title":"Kantipur Media begins publishing a series of articles accusing Rabi Lamichhane, GB Rai, and others of cooperative fraud.","date_bs":"2080-09-09","description":"Kantipur newspapers between 2080 Paush 9 and 2080 Paush 12."},{"date":"2024-03-12","title":"KP Oli becomes the new Prime Minister of Nepal","date_bs":"2080-11-29","description":"."},{"date":"2024-05-28","title":"Parliamentary Special Inquiry Committee Formed","date_bs":"2081-02-15","description":"The Parliamentary Special Inquiry Committee on cooperative fraud is formed by the House of Representatives after intense political pressure from opposition parties. The seven-member multi-party committee, chaired by UML lawmaker Surya Thapa, is tasked with investigating crisis-ridden cooperatives, specifically including those linked to funding Gorkha Media Network. The committee is given 3 months to report with a mandate to trace cooperative funds, identify responsible individuals, and recommend legal action."},{"date":"2024-09-16","title":"Parliamentary Committee Report Submitted","date_bs":"2081-05-31","description":"The parliamentary inquiry committee tables its 1124-page report, concluding that Gorkha Media Network Pvt. Ltd. was involved in illicit cooperative fraud activities. Following persons from Gorkha Media were named in the report: Gitendra Babu Rai, Kumar Ramtel, Rabi Lamichhane, Chhabilal Joshi. Following cooperatives were named: Suryadarsan Co-operative, Pokhara; Sahara Chitwan Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd, Chitwan; Supreme Savings and Credit Cooperative, Butwal; Sano Paila Savings and Credit Cooperative, Birgunj; and Swarnalaxmi Savings and Credit, Kathmandu."},{"date":"2024-10-18","title":"Lamichhane is arrested after Kaski District Court grants permission","date_bs":"2081-07-02","description":"Acting on the committee's findings, Nepal Police's Central Investigation Bureau arrests Rabi Lamichhane from the RSP party office in Kathmandu on charges of organized crime and misappropriation of cooperative funds. The arrest catches media and public attention as a dramatic fall for the sitting MP and former minister. Lamichhane is taken first to Pokhara for legal proceedings related to the Surya Darshan Cooperative case. Source: https://kathmandupost.com/national/2024/10/18/court-issues-arrest-warrant-against-ex-home-minister-and-rsp-chair-rabi-lamichhane"},{"date":"2024-12-22","title":"Formal Charge-Sheets Filed in Kaski, Kathmandu, Chitwan and Rupandehi district courts (12/22 - 01/19)","date_bs":"2081-09-07","description":"District Court court cases opened by Nepal Government against 22 to 44 defendants, including Rabi Lamichhane and Chhabilal Joshi. Kaski District Court (081-C1-0435); Kathmandu District Court (081-C1-3905), Rupandehi District Court (081-C1-0533), Chitwan District Court (081-C1-0572)."},{"date":"2025-01-09","title":"Bails granted in Kaski, Kathmandu, Rupandehi, and then on Chitwan (1/9 - 2/7)","date_bs":"2081-09-25","description":"Rupandehi court bail amount: Rs. 10 million. Kaski court bail amount: Rs 6.5 million. Kathmandu court bail amount: Rs 6 million bail. Chitwan court bail amount: Rs. 5.4 million."},{"date":"2025-01-09","title":"Lamichhane freed from custody after 84 days after Kaski court granted him bail","date_bs":"2081-09-25","description":"Source: https://kathmandupost.com/national/2025/01/09/rabi-lamichhane-released-after-84-days-in-custody"},{"date":"2025-01-21","title":"Asset Recovery Unit (Sampati Suddhikaran) initiates investigation of Rabi Lamichhane and GB Rai's assets","date_bs":"2081-10-08","description":""},{"date":"2025-01-15","title":"Lamichhane, Chhabilal Joshi, and Nepal Government appeal at Pokhara High Court challenging the bail order.","date_bs":"2081-10-02","description":"Source: https://kathmandupost.com/national/2025/01/27/rabi-lamichhane-challenges-kaski-court-s-bail-ruling-at-high-court"},{"date":"2025-01-20","title":"Lamichhane's wife Nikita Poudel files Hebeas Corpus (बन्दी प्रत्यक्षीकरण) at the Supreme Court, challenging the Tulsipur HC (Butwal bench) order","date_bs":"2081-10-07","description":""},{"date":"2025-04-04","title":"Police re-arrest Lamichhane from his residence in Kathmandu after Tulsipur HC (Butwal bench) orders to take him into custody","date_bs":"2081-12-22","description":"Source: https://kathmandupost.com/national/2025/04/04/police-arrest-rsp-chair-rabi-lamichhane-from-kathmandu-residence"},{"date":"2025-05-23","title":"Supreme Court Upholds Detention","date_bs":"2082-02-09","description":"A division bench of Supreme Court Justices Nahakul Subedi and Balkrishna Dhakal quashes Lamichhane's habeas corpus petition filed by his wife. The Supreme Court upholds the High Court's decision, stating there is \"no reasonable basis to believe the defendant is innocent\" based on available evidence. This ruling solidifies the legitimacy of his detention under the Organized Crime Act."},{"date":"2025-06-15","title":"Parsa Case Filed - Largest Embezzlement Claimed","date_bs":"2082-03-01","description":"The Parsa District Government Attorney's Office files a charge-sheet against Rabi Lamichhane and 28 others in the Sano Paila Cooperative fraud case. This case reveals the largest scale of embezzlement: police allege Rs 2.3 billion was swindled from 5,873 depositors of Sano Paila Cooperative, with Rs 115.6 million directly tied to Lamichhane's involvement. The charges show Rs 100.7 million from Sano Paila was invested into Gorkha Media Network when Lamichhane was MD."},{"date":"2025-08-15","title":"Lamichhane shifted from Rupandehi Prison to Nakkhu Prison after allegations of human rights violations","date_bs":"2082-04-30","description":""},{"date":"2023-09-09","title":"Rabi Lamichhane is freed from 4 days from Nakkhu Prison during the GenZ protests","date_bs":"2080-05-23","description":"He voluntarily returns to Nakkhu Prison after 4 days."},{"date":"2025-12-18","title":"Rabi Lamichhane is granted bail by Tulsipur HC (Butwal bench)","date_bs":"2082-09-03","description":"In a landmark decision, the Butwal High Court orders Lamichhane's release on bail totaling Rs 268 million plus Rs 100 million additional deposit in the Supreme Cooperative case. A division bench of Chief Judge Basudev Acharya and Judge Tej Narayan Paudel rules that pre-trial detention is not necessary if the accused is cooperating and securing the claimed sum. 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