A case has been filed in a special court against Mohan Bahadur Basnet, the mayor of Nagarjuna municipality in Kathmandu, for crimes related to corruption and money laundering. The Abuse of Authority Investigation Commission has filed a case in a special court on Sunday on the charge of taking bribe money from real estate businessman Raju Prasad Kandel and laundering it.

According to the authority, the case was initiated in the court after the investigation revealed that Mayor Basnet took bribe from Kandel during the real estate transaction.

It is mentioned in the charge sheet filed in the special court that it was found that Basnet had misused his public position and invested the bribe taken from Kandel by Basnet elsewhere. Basnet was elected Mayor from Congress in both local level elections in 2074 and 2079. Kandel is the director of Padma Colony Pvt Ltd and Padma Merchant Company Pvt Ltd. 

According to Narahari Ghimire, the spokesperson of the authority, in the case of bribery against Mayor Basnet, a fine of Rs.

In the case of bribery, there is a demand of the authorities that his wife Urmila should also be punished like Mayor Basnet for the crime of ``indulgence in the nature of obtaining benefits''. The authority has also demanded a prison sentence and fine for Kandel, a real estate trader, for the bribe amount of Rs. 922 million 46032

The authority has filed a case against Basnet on the charge of laundering the bribe taken from Kandel, demanding imprisonment and a fine of Rs. It has also been demanded to confiscate the increased assets from the cleansed assets and to punish those who committed crimes while in office.

Against Mayor Basnet's wife Urmila, the demand against Mayor Basnet has been maintained, and in case of imprisonment and fine, half of the punishment for the main culprit has been demanded. A case has been filed against the bribe-giving businessman Kandel for abetting, aiding and abetting the laundering of assets and demanding imprisonment and fine. 

'Mohan Bahadur Basnet misused the position of the city head and gave tax exemptions to Jagatguru Kripalu Pratishthan Nepal in various titles from the house/land businessman Padma Colony Pvt./Padma Merchant Company Pvt. It is mentioned in the charge sheet of the authority that the institution agreed to receive 7.48 billion foreign aid from individuals and organizations. is

Similarly, 'the institution made/made an agreement to provide the land to the defendant Rajuprasad Kandel and his companies to build a temple within Nagarjuna municipality, to implement the same agreement, to make an agreement with the land owner in Bhulbhulaiya and sell the land plotting for the construction of the temple. is involved' said the Authority.

It has been revealed in the investigation of the authority that Padma Colony paid only 189.4 million 18 thousand 448 rupees for the land with a market value of 47 million 75 million rupees and the remaining amount was managed by mayor Basnet and businessman Kandel in collusion.

In the charge sheet of the authority, it is said, 'For this reason, Basnet misused the position of the city head to carry out the mentioned actions, through the bank account 2 crore 15 lakh 73 thousand 395 rupees and land worth 6 crore 82 lakh and 2.4 lakh 72 which was spent on marriage feast. It has been confirmed that Shankar made a payment of Rs seems to have done It has also been revealed that Jagatguru Kripalu Pratishthan Nepal, which is going to purchase land for the temple to be built, has sold the land to the locals.

It has been revealed that Mayor Basnet took 372,000 rupees from various people in his bank account. The authority claims that Mayor Basnet took bribes from the accounts of Padma Merchant Pvt Ltd and Padma Colony for working in a manner favorable to the businessmen in order to purchase and arrange the land. 

It is mentioned in the authority's chargesheet that Mayor Basnet became a partner with Kandel, the owner of Padma Colony, on various dates in 2078. According to the authority, it was also found that the land acquired by trading in partnership was sold to Saraswati Sharma, wife of Kandel, the owner of Padma Colony, in the name of Mayor Basnet's wife Urmila.