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Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane is appearing before the Kathmandu District Court today.

He was released on Thursday after posting the bail amount of Rs 6.5 million.

Lamichhane, who is also the former Home Minister, was arrested for his alleged involvement in embezzling the funds of local Suryadarshan Cooperatives Saving and Cooperatives, Pokhara.

He is facing a similar case of misappropriation of funds in a cooperative in Kathmandu.

RSP President Lamichhane will appear before the District Court, Kathmandu today, according to acting spokesperson, Manish Jha.

Six persons, including Lamichhane, were released on bail in the same case. They were Chhabi Lal Joshi, Ram Bahadur Khanal, Krishna Bahadur Gurung, Mina Gurung and Arati Gurung, according to the record keeper at Kaski District Court, Rajan Khanal.

District Judge Nitij Rai yesterday issued an order saying that Lamichhane be released on a bail of Rs 6.5 million, Joshi on a bail of Rs 8. 8 million, Pachhai on Rs 3. 7 million, Khanal on Rs 1.5 million, Mina Gurung on Rs 500, 000, Arati Gurung on Rs 500, 000 and Krishna Bahadur Gurung on Rs 100, 000.  

However, Pachhai failed to submit the bail amount resulting in continuity of detention.

The District Attorney Office, Kaski on December 22 had filed a case against 44 persons including Lamichhane, accusing them of embezzling the cooperative’s funds.

The Kaski District Court on Thursday granted bail to seven people including Rabi Lamichhane, the President of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, who have been accused of misappropriating funds of Suryadarshan Cooperatives in Pokhara, on bail.

A single bench of Judge Nitij Rai today issued an order saying that Lamichhane be release on a bail of Rs 6.5 million.

Other people who are granted bail as per the court's order include Chhabilal Joshi (Rs. 8.8 million), Leela Pachhai (Rs. 3.7 million), Mina Gurung (Rs. 500,000), Ram Bahadur Khanal (Rs. 1.5 million), Arati Guring (Rs. 500,000), and Krishna Bahadur Gurung (Rs. 100,000), according to court's registrar, Rajan Khanal. The order followed a 10-day hearing on whether to extend the remand for further investigation.

On December 22, the District Attorney Office in Kaski had filed charge sheets against 44 people, including Lamichhane, the former Home Minister, in connection with the misappropriation of cooperative funds.

To date, 63 individuals are facing charges in the case.

The Madhes Province government has launched the health insurance program with the goal of improving the health of the family members of the martyrs. 

Addressing a press conference today, Minister for Home, Communications and Law, Raj Kumar Lekhi, said the health insurance program targeting the martyrs' families has been implemented since December 24. 

According to him, the health insurance program aims to provide free of cost health services to the martyrs' family members. He expressed the belief that this program will assist in the treatment of health problems of the targeted population, as it has the objective of relieving the beneficiaries of the burden of health expenses.

Minister Lekhi also informed on the occasion that a taskforce has been formed under the convenorship of the Home Minister for making amendments to the laws related to the local services and structures.

He added that this task force will prepare the draft for reformation in the local level structure.

Apart from this, the Madhes Province government cabinet meeting has also passed some important work procedures related to the Ministry of Education, Health and Transport.

The Koshi Province government Cabinet meeting held today decided to organize the province investment summit in May.

The meeting held at the office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers under chairmanship of Chief Minister Hikmat Kumar Karki at Biratnagar took the decision to organize the two-day investment summit from May 1.

Similarly, a decision was taken to present the bill designed to manage the Province Mass Communication in the Law, Justice and Province Affairs Committee and to hold discussion on it, said Spokesperson of the Koshi government and Minister for Internal Affairs and Law, Rewati Raman Bhandari.

The meeting took the decision to present in the Koshi Province Assembly the bill designed to regulate pesticides as well as the bill designed to amend the Chief Attorney's functions, duties, powers and other conditions of services Act-2075, as revised by the Law, Justice and Province Affairs Committee, he mentioned.