Kathmandu, May 23 -- The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the Tulsipur High Court's decision to send Rastriya Swatantra Party Chairman Rabi Lamichhane to custody in a cooperative fraud case.

A division bench of Justices Nahakul Subedi and Balkrishna Dhakal quashed the habeas corpus petition filed by Nikita Paudel demanding the release of her husband, Lamichhane. Achyut Kunwar, spokesperson for the Supreme Court, confirmed the order.

The apex court also upheld the decision to send former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and ex-director of Gorkha Media Network, Chhabilal Joshi, to judicial custody.

"Based on the immediately available evidence, it could not be reasonably believed that the defendants were innocent of the alleged offence," the ...