Public land registered under individual's name

RAUTAHAT, Sept 26: The land that was acquisitioned from the Gaur rice mill by the government has been found to have been registered under individual´s ownership by the Rautahat Land Reform Office.



Local leaders of political parties have blamed the Chief of District Land Reform Office, Sagar Kumar Rokka of financial irregularities and registering public land in an individual´s name, and have formed an all-party struggle committee to exert pressure to return the land back.[break]



Following a cabinet decision of April 11, the Government had acquired around 6 bigaha of the land from the rice mill at Gaur Municipality-7.



The office registered 16 kathha of the land under the ownership of Krishna Sharma, a permanent resident of Birgunj Municipality-4 on April.



The land worth around Rs 15 million was registered under Sharma’s name with the help of fake documents, according to local CPN-UML leader Rewant Jha.



Jha claimed Chief Officer Rokka urged his staff Ramesh Chaudhary, who is going to retire soon, to prepare the file of fake documents and register the land under Sharma’s name.



Meanwhile, Rokka has promised to return back the land following pressure by the locals.

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