KATHMANDU, June 28: The arrested in the Lalita Niwas Land embezzlement case have been taken to the Government Attorney’s Office. The CIB arrested seven people on Tuesday for the crime of embezzling the land of the Lalita Niwas in Baluwatar by forging government documents, out of which three people have been released after paperwork.

Surendra Man Kapali, who had already obtained a stay order from the court, Kaladhar Deuja, the then Chief of the Land Revenue Office Dillibazar, and Hupendra Mani KC, were released by the police with paperwork. The other arrested are former Commissioner Sudhir Shah, businessman Min Bahadur Gurung, the then Branch Officer Dharma Prasad Gautam, and a former employee of the land revenue office Gopal Karki.

The four were presented to the government attorney’s office for custody extension, where they went by carrying saline solutions.