Kathmandu, April 5 -- A High Court in Nepal has ordered former Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane to be sent to jail in a cooperative scam case.

The Butwal bench of Tulsipur High Court, late on Friday evening, ordered Lamichhane to be sent to jail, overturning the decision of the District Court of Rupandehi.

Earlier on Friday evening, a Joint bench of judges, Ramesh Dhakal and Swikriti Parajuli, ordered Lamichhane to be remanded in custody. Likewise, the bench upheld the decision of the district court to send former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and ex-director of Gorkha Media Network, Chhabilal Joshi, to judicial custody.

"The order was given by the bench of Ramesh Dhakal and Swikriti Parajuli annulling the verdic of the District Court Ru...