Kathmandu, Aug 24: In the Lalita Niwas land grabbing case, Nepal Police have recommended that 286 people be made defendants. Since the remaining 21 people involved in it have died, it has given an opinion to claim from their relatives’ property.
In the investigation report submitted by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the police to the District Public Prosecutor’s Office, Kathmandu, Ram Kumar Subedi, his wife Madhavi Subedi, Shobhakant Dhakal, former Election Commissioner Sudhir Kumar Shah, the then Ward Secretary of Kathmandu-5 Shivji Bhattarai have been recommended as defendants. They have been arrested.
The CIB has given an opinion to make former official Rudra Kumar Shrestha of Land Reforms and Administration Department, Balkrishna Shrestha, the then Senior Divisional Engineer of Urban Development and Housing Construction Department, Kaladhar Deuja, the head of the Land Office at the time, as defendants.
The CIB has also asked to file a case against the then Secretary of the Ministry of Land Reforms and Administration Rabindraman Joshi, Dineshhari Adhikari, the then Secretary of the Ministry of Land Reforms Yuvraj Bhusal.
The CIB has given an opinion to make former Minister of Land Reform Chandradev Joshi, Dumbar Shrestha, Minister of Physical Planning and Construction Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar, Minister of State Sanjay Kumar Sah and others as defendants.
In the case of naming the government land of Lalita Niwas in the name of an individual, the CIB investigated the organized crime case. After completing the investigation, the CIB has submitted a report with its opinion to the district attorney’s office on Tuesday.
Currently, the District Public Prosecutor’s Office is studying the report given by the CIB. Now, in a few days, the public prosecutor’s office is preparing to file a case in the District Court Kathmandu.
Meanwhile, Min Bahadur Gurung, the owner of Bhatbhateni Supermarket, has claimed that he didn’t know about the status of the land (government land) before buying the land.
List of defendant
(source: onlinekhabar.com)
Suchi Pratibadi-CIB
