Pokhara, May 22 -- The Kaski District Court on Friday scrapped organised crime and money laundering charges filed against Rastriya Swatantra Party chair Rabi Lamichhane, fugitive Gitendra Babu (GB) Rai and former deputy inspector general Chhabilal Joshi in the Suryadarshan Cooperative fraud case.

A bench of judge Himalal Belbase ordered the amendment to the charge-sheet, allowing only cooperatives fraud charges to remain against Lamichhane and nearly 50 other defendants.

The district government attorney's office in Kaski had filed an application seeking amendment to the charge-sheet under Section 36 of the National Criminal Procedure Code, 2017, following instructions from the Office of the Attorney General. The court approved the reque...