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Hearing on corruption case involving Madhav Kumar Nepal postponed

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Kathmandu. The hearing on the corruption case filed against former Prime Minister and Nepal Communist Party (NCP) co-coordinator Madhav Kumar Nepal in the Patanjali Yogpeeth and Ayurved Company land grabbing case has been postponed.

A joint bench of Justices Narayan Prasad Poudel and Umesh Koirala had assigned the hearing on the case. Nepal’s lawyers have filed an application in the case and postponed the hearing.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on June 5 had filed a case at the Special Court naming 93 persons including Nepal as defendants in the Patanjali land scam. The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has sought a fine of Rs 185.85 million against Nepal.

The anti-graft body has accused Nepal of misusing his position as the then Prime Minister to transfer public property for personal and institutional interests and indulging in corruption.

The then Council of Ministers under the leadership of Nepal had approved the land transaction to Patanjali in excess of the ceiling in its meeting on February 6, 2066. The charge sheet claims that Nepal had allowed Patanjali to sell and exchange land beyond the limit on February 1, 2006.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) had filed a case against 93 persons on the charge of misappropriation of land and sale of 314 ropanis 15 anna 2 paisa and 1 daam of land.

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