Birgunj Metropolitan City Mayor Rajeshman Singh Issued Arrest Warrant

Birgunj. The District Court of Parsa has issued an arrest warrant against the Mayor of Birgunj Metropolitan City, Rajeshman Singh, on charges of forgery. The court on Tuesday permitted Mayor Singh to be arrested and investigated as per Schedule 2 of the law. The Registrar of the District Court of Parsa, Prabhakar Mallik, confirmed that an arrest warrant has been issued against Mayor Singh in the case related to forgery among the four cases filed against him. The court issued the order based on a complaint filed by local Liyaqat Ali. What is the incident? Mayor Singh is accused of facilitating a girl's citizenship based on false details by posing as her father. On July 29, 2018, Rubina Shrestha, a resident of Ward No. 3 of Birgunj Metropolitan City, obtained citizenship mentioning Rajeshman Singh as her father's name. A copy of that citizenship was issued by the District Administration Office, Parsa, on February 20, 2020. The mother's name is not mentioned in the citizenship, and the date of birth is mentioned as July 14, 2002. According to sources, Mayor Singh's official family consists only of his wife Annapurna Manandhar and a son Anishman Singh. At that time, he was accused of providing citizenship to another person's child by presenting false details as his daughter for political gain. The girl for whom he facilitated the citizenship has already gone to Australia for higher education after obtaining a passport. The then ward member Tufail Akhtar Thukurai had recommended it in the capacity of acting ward chairman to facilitate citizenship for Rubina. However, the then ward chairman Baijulal Swarnakar claimed that he had no information about this matter and that there was no record in the ward requesting a recommendation for his daughter. The administration office responded that the citizenship was issued because the process was followed. Mayor Singh's Legal Maneuvers to Evade Action However, the mayor made further mistakes in this case. He started legal maneuvers to evade action against him. After complaints were filed in many places demanding action against Singh, Mayor Singh took the help of his second wife to escape action. Soon after giving his statement to the investigation team, his second wife filed for divorce, bringing a new twist to the forgery case. According to knowledgeable sources, as part of that maneuver, Mayor Singh initially admitted to his second marriage, and the very next day, his wife filed for divorce. That is, less than 24 hours after admitting to his second marriage before the investigation team, his youngest wife Rita Bhattarai Singh filed a lawsuit seeking alimony and divorce. The lawsuit was filed in the District Court of Parsa in the name of Rita Bhattarai Singh, a resident of Indrawati Rural Municipality of Sindhupalchok. In the lawsuit, Rita mentioned that she had not obtained a marriage registration certificate. According to legal experts, this lawsuit was filed to create evidence to avoid action because of not obtaining the marriage registration.