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Rastriya Swatantra Party president Rabi Lamichhane speaks at a press meet in Kathmandu, on Sunday, February 5, 2023. Photo: Aryan Dhimal Kathmandu, March 19 After an investigation of the charge that Rastriya Swatantra Party chairperson Rabi Lamichhane possessed Nepali and US passports at the same time , thereby breaching the national law, the police say he should not be prosecuted. The Kathmandu District Police Range submitted its report to the District Government Attorey’s Office recommending no action be taken about the case as Lamichhane did not have any ill intention behind possessing dual passports. The leader is accused of obtaining a Nepali passport based on illegitimate Nepali citizenship in 2015 May. From 2015 until he renounced his US citizenship in 2018, he had passports from two countries; Nepal’s law does not allow this. In January, the Supreme Court ruled that Rabi Lamichhane’s old citizenship was cancelled when he migrated to the United States and obtained Americ...