"Sahara Cooperative"

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21 August 2025

Santosh Pariyar, Chief Whip of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), reaches the Nakkhu Prison in Lalitpur, Nepal, on August 20, 2025, to meet party founder Rabi Lamichhane. Lamichhane, the former Home Minister and founder of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), is kept behind bars on a cooperative scam. Cases are filed against Lamichhane in Butwal (Supreme Cooperative), Kaski (Suryadarshan Cooperative), Chitwan (Sahara Cooperative), Kathmandu (Swarnalaxmi Cooperative), and Parsa (Sano Paila Cooperative). In all the districts, Lamichhane is accused of diverting deposits to Gorkha Media Network, which ran the now-defunct Galaxy 4K Television. Lamichhane is arrested from his party office in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 18, 2024, by a team from the Central Investigation Bureau on charges of organized crime and misappropriation of cooperative funds. He is accused of illegally amassing millions of rupees from thousands of savers. The case also alleges that Lamichhane does not disclose the source of NRs 278,944,705, which is considered to be of illicit origin.

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#12662513

21 August 2025

A Nepal Armed Police personnel peeks through a peephole at the gate of the Nakkhu Prison in Lalitpur, Nepal, on August 20, 2025, following the visit of former Prime Minister and CPN-Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to meet Rabi Lamichhane. Lamichhane, the former Home Minister and Founder of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), is kept behind bars on a cooperative scam. Cases are filed against Lamichhane in Butwal (Supreme Cooperative), Kaski (Suryadarshan Cooperative), Chitwan (Sahara Cooperative), Kathmandu (Swarnalaxmi Cooperative), and Parsa (Sano Paila Cooperative). In all the districts, Lamichhane is accused of diverting deposits to Gorkha Media Network, which ran the now-defunct Galaxy 4K Television. Lamichhane is arrested from his party office in Kathmandu on October 18, 2024, by a team from the Central Investigation Bureau on charges of organized crime and misappropriation of cooperative funds. He is accused of illegally amassing millions of rupees from thousands of savers. The case also alleges that Lamichhane has not disclosed the source of NRs 278,944,705, which is considered to be of illicit origin.

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#12662514

21 August 2025

Santosh Pariyar, Chief Whip of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), reaches the Nakkhu Prison in Lalitpur, Nepal, on August 20, 2025, to meet party founder Rabi Lamichhane. Lamichhane, the former Home Minister and founder of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), is kept behind bars on a cooperative scam. Cases are filed against Lamichhane in Butwal (Supreme Cooperative), Kaski (Suryadarshan Cooperative), Chitwan (Sahara Cooperative), Kathmandu (Swarnalaxmi Cooperative), and Parsa (Sano Paila Cooperative). In all the districts, Lamichhane is accused of diverting deposits to Gorkha Media Network, which ran the now-defunct Galaxy 4K Television. Lamichhane is arrested from his party office in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 18, 2024, by a team from the Central Investigation Bureau on charges of organized crime and misappropriation of cooperative funds. He is accused of illegally amassing millions of rupees from thousands of savers. The case also alleges that Lamichhane does not disclose the source of NRs 278,944,705, which is considered to be of illicit origin.

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#12662515

21 August 2025

Santosh Pariyar, Chief Whip of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), reaches the Nakkhu Prison in Lalitpur, Nepal, on August 20, 2025, to meet party founder Rabi Lamichhane. Lamichhane, the former Home Minister and founder of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), is kept behind bars on a cooperative scam. Cases are filed against Lamichhane in Butwal (Supreme Cooperative), Kaski (Suryadarshan Cooperative), Chitwan (Sahara Cooperative), Kathmandu (Swarnalaxmi Cooperative), and Parsa (Sano Paila Cooperative). In all the districts, Lamichhane is accused of diverting deposits to Gorkha Media Network, which ran the now-defunct Galaxy 4K Television. Lamichhane is arrested from his party office in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 18, 2024, by a team from the Central Investigation Bureau on charges of organized crime and misappropriation of cooperative funds. He is accused of illegally amassing millions of rupees from thousands of savers. The case also alleges that Lamichhane does not disclose the source of NRs 278,944,705, which is considered to be of illicit origin.

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#12662516

21 August 2025

The entrance of Nakkhu Prison in Lalitpur, Nepal, on August 20, 2025, is where the former Home Minister and founder of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is held on charges of scamming and embezzling millions of rupees through a cooperative scam. Lamichhane, the former Home Minister and founder of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), is kept behind bars for the cooperative scam. Cases are filed against Lamichhane in Butwal (Supreme Cooperative), Kaski (Suryadarshan Cooperative), Chitwan (Sahara Cooperative), Kathmandu (Swarnalaxmi Cooperative), and Parsa (Sano Paila Cooperative). In all the districts, Lamichhane is accused of diverting deposits to Gorkha Media Network, which ran the now-defunct Galaxy 4K Television. Lamichhane is arrested from his party office in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 18, 2024, by a team from the Central Investigation Bureau on charges of organized crime and misappropriation of cooperative funds. He is accused of illegally amassing millions of rupees from thousands of savers. The case also alleges that Lamichhane does not disclose the source of NRs 278,944,705, which is considered to be of illicit origin.

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#12044895

11 February 2025

The work of the 4th ministerial meeting of the steering committee of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project takes place with the participation of the Ministers of Energy and Petroleum of Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria, in Algiers, Algeria, on February 11, 2025.

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#12044896

11 February 2025

The work of the 4th ministerial meeting of the steering committee of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project takes place with the participation of the Ministers of Energy and Petroleum of Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria, in Algiers, Algeria, on February 11, 2025.

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#12044897

11 February 2025

The work of the 4th ministerial meeting of the steering committee of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project takes place with the participation of the Ministers of Energy and Petroleum of Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria, in Algiers, Algeria, on February 11, 2025.

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#12044926

11 February 2025

The work of the 4th ministerial meeting of the steering committee of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project takes place with the participation of the Ministers of Energy and Petroleum of Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria, in Algiers, Algeria, on February 11, 2025.

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#12044898

11 February 2025

Minister of Energy, Algerian Mohamed Arkab, participates in the 4th ministerial meeting of the steering committee of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project, with the participation of the Ministers of Energy and Petroleum of Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria, in Algiers, Algeria, on February 11, 2025

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#12044899

11 February 2025

Minister of Energy, Algerian Mohamed Arkab (C), Minister of Energy of Niger, Sahabi Oumarou (R), and Niger Ministry of Petroleum, Mahamane Sani Mahamadou (L), participate in the 4th ministerial meeting of the steering committee of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project, with the participation of the Ministers of Energy and Petroleum of Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria, in Algiers, Algeria, on February 11, 2025

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#12044900

11 February 2025

Minister of Energy, Algerian Mohamed Arkab (C), Minister of Energy of Niger, Sahabi Oumarou (R), and Niger Ministry of Petroleum, Mahamane Sani Mahamadou (L), participate in the 4th ministerial meeting of the steering committee of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project, with the participation of the Ministers of Energy and Petroleum of Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria, in Algiers, Algeria, on February 11, 2025

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#12044901

11 February 2025

Minister of Energy, Algerian Mohamed Arkab (C), Minister of Energy of Niger, Sahabi Oumarou (R), and Niger Ministry of Petroleum, Mahamane Sani Mahamadou (L), participate in the 4th ministerial meeting of the steering committee of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project, with the participation of the Ministers of Energy and Petroleum of Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria, in Algiers, Algeria, on February 11, 2025

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#12044902

11 February 2025

Minister of Energy, Algerian Mohamed Arkab (C), Minister of Energy of Niger, Sahabi Oumarou (R), and Niger Ministry of Petroleum, Mahamane Sani Mahamadou (L), participate in the 4th ministerial meeting of the steering committee of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project, with the participation of the Ministers of Energy and Petroleum of Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria, in Algiers, Algeria, on February 11, 2025

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#12044903

11 February 2025

Minister of Energy, Algerian Mohamed Arkab, participates in the 4th ministerial meeting of the steering committee of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project, with the participation of the Ministers of Energy and Petroleum of Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria, in Algiers, Algeria, on February 11, 2025

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#12044905

11 February 2025

Nigerian Ministry of Petroleum, Mahamane Sani Mahamadou, participates in the 4th ministerial meeting of the steering committee of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline project (TSGP), along with the Ministers of Energy and Petroleum of Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria, in Algiers, Algeria, on February 11, 2025.

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