KATHMANDU, April 17 -- Despite the persistent demand from the main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) for the formation of a parliamentary inquiry committee to investigate the cooperative fraud case involving Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane, the government has not initiated any legal action against the accused.

Lamichhane, a shareholder of Supreme Cooperative in Butwal, acquired a loan of Rs 20 million which remains unpaid. However, he has been excluded from the list of defendants in the case registered at the Rupandehi District Court on Monday.

A charge-sheet filed by the District Public Prosecutor's Office, Rupandehi at the court on Monday afternoon claims that an amount of Rs 19.6 million was transferred fr...