KATHMANDU, Feb 5 : The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority on Wednesday filed graft cases against 175 persons including former deputy prime minister Bijaya Kumar Gachchadar, former ministers Chandradev Joshi and Dambar Shrestha, and six former bureaucrats in connection with Lalita Niwas land Scam.
Official records had shown that the government acquired with due compensation back in 1964 land measuring 114 ropani [5.8 hectares] at Lalita Niwas, Baluwatar.
Lalita Niwas actually comprised 284 ropani and it was all nationalized back then.
Over the period, the land was captured by various individuals, including Rukma Shamsher Rana.
The CIB had intensified the documentation process while seeking out those involved in scaming the land.
It was on Dec 2, 1964 that the government had acquired all the Rana palaces with due compensation. Lalita Niwas was also nationalized.
See the complete list of accused here:
Demonstration held in protest of CIAA's move to implicate Gachc...
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Read series of stories by Republica on Lalita Niwas Land Scam:
114 ropani of Lalita Niwas land worth billions captured by individuals now under CIB probe
CIAA summons 86 individuals over Lalita Niwas land scam
Panchayat-era minister says Lalita Niwas land owners were compensated 49 years ago
Selling prices of Lalita Niwas land were falsely undervalued to evade taxes
Oli weighs in for Paudel over Lalita Niwas land scam
58 linked to Lalita Niwas scam get 7 days to appear at CIAA
Lalita Niwas land grabbed after due compensation already provided (with video)
NCP Gen Secy Paudel among those involved in Lalita Niwas scam
Bhatbhateni, NRNA also have finger in Lalita Niwas land pie
'Mafia' grabbed 1,860 ropani govt land in 6 yrs post-Panchayat
Ex-land revenue staffer drawn in Balwuatar land scam dies in suspicious circumstance
