Birgunj Mayor Rajeshman Singh Ordered Released on Bail

Birgunj. District Court Parsa has ordered Birgunj Mayor Rajeshman Singh to be released on bail. District Court Parsa on Tuesday ordered him to be released on a bail of 4 lakh 15 thousand.

District Court’s Srastedar Prabhakar Mallik informed that the Chief Judge Gayatri Prasad Regmi’s bench had demanded a bail of 4 lakh 15 thousand from Mayor Singh. According to him, a bail of 4 lakh was demanded for the offense related to writing and 15 thousand for fabricating citizenship by submitting false details.

The District Court Parsa had issued an arrest warrant against him on the 12th for the offense related to writing. The day after the arrest warrant was issued, Mayor Singh appeared in court. However, after failing to appear in court and going into hiding, a special team of police arrested him today from Thori in the district.

Birgunj Mayor Rajeshman Singh Arrested

What is the incident? 

Metropolitan Chief Singh is accused of helping a teenage girl obtain citizenship based on false details by becoming a fake father. On July 29, 2018, the citizenship obtained by Rubina Shrestha, a resident of Birgunj Metropolitan City Ward No. 3, mentions Rajeshman Singh as the father. 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 one son Anishman Singh. He was accused at the time of fabricating citizenship for another person's child as his own daughter for political gain. The teenage girl for whom he facilitated citizenship has already obtained a passport and gone to Australia for higher education.

Former Ward Member Tufail Akhtar Thukurai had provided a recommendation as the acting Ward Chairman to help Rubina obtain citizenship. Baijulal Swarnakar, who was the Ward Chairman at that time, claimed that he had no information about this matter and that there was no record in the ward requesting a recommendation from the Mayor as his daughter. The administration office, however, responded that the citizenship was issued because the process was complete. 

But the mayor made further mistakes in this case. He started legal maneuvers to evade action against him. After many complaints were filed demanding action against Singh, Mayor Singh took the help of his second wife to escape the action. The forgery case took a new twist when the second wife filed for divorce shortly after her statement to the investigation team.

According to informed sources, as part of that maneuver, Mayor Singh first admitted to having a second marriage, and the very next day, his same wife filed for divorce. That is, less than 24 hours after admitting to the second marriage before the investigation team, the youngest wife filed for divorce seeking alimony. 

The lawsuit was filed in the District Court Parsa by a woman resident of Indrawati Rural Municipality, Sindhupalchok. In that lawsuit, the woman mentioned that she had not obtained a marriage registration certificate. According to legal experts, this lawsuit was filed to create evidence and avoid action, as action would be taken if the marriage registration was not obtained.