The former deputy prime minister’s involvement in the co-operative fund scandal has been revealed

Nepal’s political landscape witnessed a dramatic turn when former Deputy Prime Minister Rabi Lamichhane was arrested amid allegations of misappropriation of funds.

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

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

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