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Kathmandu, 16 December (HS). The Central Bureau of Investigation (CIB), which is investigating against former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal Ravi Lamichhane, has filed a 600-page charge sheet in the District Court Pokhara on Monday. In the charge sheet, former Home Minister Lamichhane has been accused of cheating, fraud, money laundering and organized crime, calling him the mastermind of the cooperative scam.
Pokhara SP Shyambabu Oliya said that after completion of interrogation and investigation against Ravi Lamichhane, a 600-page charge sheet has been filed in the court today through the government lawyer. He told that this charge sheet has been filed only in the case of Suryadarshan Cooperative Bank scam of Pokhara.
Central Investigation Bureau CIB spokesperson Havindra Bogti said that Ravi Lamichhane has been named in the charge sheet as the key planner in the multi-billion rupee cooperative scam. He said that a charge sheet has been filed in the court under sections of the law like cheating, forgery, fraud and organized crime.
At present the CIB charge sheet is being examined by the Registrar of the District Court. After this charge sheet is officially accepted by the court, Ravi Lamichhane’s Parliament membership will be suspended as per the constitutional provisions. Ravi Lamichhane’s Rashtriya Swatantra Party has a total of 21 MPs. After the charge sheet is filed, his bail hearing will probably take place on Tuesday.