Bring Cooperative Culprits To Justice

With the arrest of former deputy prime minister and home minister Rabi Lamichhane on charge of embezzling millions of rupees from different cooperatives, a glimmer of hope has been created among the agitating victims of cooperatives that they could get their deposits back sooner or later. Lamichhane’s arrest shows that the government is serious about cracking down on the cooperative frauds. Lamichhane, the president of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and member of the House of Representatives, is one of the ‘high-profile’ politicians suspected to have been involved in misusing ordinary depositors’ money. Lamichhane is also being investigated on charges of organised crime.