A corruption case has been filed against 8 people including the former Minister of Madhesh Province, Vijay Kumar, the then Mayor of Bagmati Municipality, Bharat Kumar Thapa, Deputy Mayor Leela Kumari Muktan. Vijay Kumar is the former Minister of Economic Affairs and Planning.

The Abuse of Authority Investigation Commission has filed a corruption case against them in a special court accusing them of misappropriation, damage and abuse of public property.

There is an indictment of the authorities of corruption in the name of construction of fish pond in the hole made by illegal mining of forest products such as stone, gravel, sand and soil by encroaching on the forest area of ​​Sagarnath Forest Development Project. It is mentioned in the indictment that the government property was damaged by building structures including ponds illegally with millions of funds from the federal government and the state government.