27 Accused in Corruption Case Over Forged Land Documents

Kathmandu. The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a corruption case against 27 people, including employees of the Land Revenue Office and intermediaries, in the Special Court on charges of forging documents to illegally register and sell private trust land in the former Sangla VDC of Kathmandu.

The investigation revealed that private trust land in plot numbers 149, 154, 155, and 157 in the former Sangla VDC-9 (now Tokha) was illegally registered as private land through collusion between land mafias and employees and registered in the names of individuals, leading to the filing of the case on Friday, according to a press release issued by Suresh Neupane, spokesperson for the Commission.