By Our Reporter
How Nepali leaders and their relatives have been grabbing public land was revealed again. Two incidents relating to the land of Balmandir in Kathmandu and the illegal sale of the land of Giri Bandhu Tea Estate in Jhapa showed how influential political figures were garbing or helping others grab the land.
While the land of Balmandir was leased out at a very low rate by Rita Singh Vaidhya, daughter of the late Ganeshman Singh, the case related to Giri Bandhu was a good example of police corruption.
The Supreme Court’s final verdict on the case of the tea estate revealed how the government led by KP Sharma Oli of the UML had resorted to policy corruption when he led the government for three years after 2017 election. The case could be costly for Oli and his party as the cooperative frauds to Rabi Lamichhane of the Rastriya Swatantra Party.
Nepali Congress on Tuesday decided to take the case of Giri Bandhu to the House.
In the case related to Bal Mandir’s land, the Kathmandu District Court recently issued arrest warrants against 20 individuals including former office-bearers of Nepal Children’s Organisation (NCO).
Along with the organization’s former office-bearers, arrest warrants have also been issued for members of business groups running commercial activities in the organisation’s land at Naxal of Kathmandu.
According to media reports, arrest warrants have been issued for NCO’s then-chair Rita Singh, vice-chair Tulsi Narayan Shrestha, general secretary Ganesh Bhakta Shrestha, deputy general secretary Suman Shakya, Krishna Shankar Sah, Shyam Kumar Ale, Subash Kumar Pokharel, Manohar Gopal Shrestha, Prachanda Raj Pradhan, Ram Kaji Kone, Yogendra Bahadur Shahi and Deepak Das Shrestha.
Similarly, the court has issued arrest warrants against office-bearers of Brihaspati Vidyasadan. They include Chairman Chiranjeevi Tiwari, Prabin Raj Joshi, Murari Nidhi Tiwari, Shraddha Sanghai, Purushottam Raj Joshi, Abhinav Singhaniya, Keerti Prasad Pandey and Siddharth Kedia.
The CIB had begun an investigation into the case some time ago.
On Thursday last week, a complaint was lodged with the CIB against individuals allegedly involved in the Nepal Children’s Organization land controversy.
The complaint alleged that the organization’s land was repeatedly leased for low prices between 1992 and 2015 with the intention of causing losses to the organization.
It also alleged that an agreement till 2032 was also renewed before its expiry with mala fide intent.
According to the latest agreement, nearly 29 ropanis of the organization’s land at Naxal was leased at a rate of Rs 10.9 million per year.
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