KATHMANDU, Sept 10: In the Lalita Niwas land-grab scam, the Kathmandu District Court has ordered the release of Min Bahadur Gurung along with 15 other defendants on bail on Sunday. Gurung was ordered to be released on a bail of Rs 24.6 million.

KATHMANDU, Sept 10: The case of Lalita Niwas land-grab scam has reached its end. According to Deepak Dahal, information officer of the Kathmandu District Court, a defendant will put forward his arguments today and then the district attorney will respond.

KATHMANDU, Aug 27: In the case of Lalita Niwas land-grab scam, a case will also be prosecuted against Krishna Bahadur Raut, secretary at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The District Government Attorney Office (DGAO) has decided to include Raut as a defendant as well, despite CIB had earlier stated not to make Raut as a defendant.

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has taken statements from former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and Dr Baburam Bhattarai in connection with the ongoing investigation on Lalita Niwas land-grab scam.

KATHMANDU, Aug 20: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has prepared to submit the probe report regarding the embezzlement of Lalita Niwas land in Baluwatar to the Office of District Government Attorney today.

KATHMANDU, Aug 9: The 20 people arrested in the Lalita Niwas land-grab scam will remain in custody for another seven days.

KATHMANDU, August 4: The people of the business family backgrounds involved in buying and selling the government land at Lalita Niwas in the name of individuals are absconding.

KATHMANDU, July 26: At a time when the Lalita Niwas land-grab scam is being widely criticized, the then under-secretary (Law) at the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Vinod Kumar Gautam who is currently serving as a Chitwan District Court judge was brought before the Judicial Council and the investigation was delayed.

KATHMANDU, July 17: Keshav Tuladhar of Ason, Kathmandu, who was previously arrested on July 13 in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugee scam, was released on Sunday following an order from the District Court of Kathmandu. However, his freedom was short-lived as he was apprehended again, this time in connection with the Lalita Niwas land-grab scam.

KATHMANDU, July 13: The Supreme Court has ordered the police to produce Secretary Krishna Bahadur Raut, who was arrested in connection with the Lalita Niwas land-grab scam, before the court within 24 hours.

KATHMANDU, June 30: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a show cause order on the writ petition of the three accused arrested in connection with the Lalita Niwasland-grab scam.