CIAA files corruption case against four for illegal registration of government land in Solukhumbu

Kathmandu. The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case at the Special Court against four individuals, including former Land Revenue Office employees, on charges of forging documents to register government land in the former Chaurikharka Village Development Committee of Solukhumbu under private ownership.

According to a statement issued by the CIAA on Friday, over 9,200 square meters of government land located at plot numbers 418 and 419 in the former Chaurikharka-8 were illegally transferred to private individuals through collusion between employees and landowners. 

The defendants include Tejnath Poudel, Kamala Karki, Manmaya Nepali, and Subodh Nepali. According to the CIAA, the investigation confirmed that the land was privatized without authorization by forging the signature of the then office chief, Bhim Bahadur Sombahamphe, and tampering with the field book. 

A claim of 1.99 million rupees has been sought against them.