In the case of Patanjali land embezzlement, the hearing has started in the special court against former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who was made a defendant by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority. A few moments ago, after the statement was made in the court, the debate was started behind closed doors.
Information Officer Yagyaraj Regmi said that a statement has been taken from Nepal and now the hearing is ongoing in the special court.
When he was the prime minister from 2066-067, the authority filed a corruption case against 93 including the then Prime Minister of Nepal, the then Minister Dumbar Shrestha, the then Chief Secretary Madhav Ghimire, the then Land Reforms Secretary Chhabiraj Pant and the head of Patanjali Nepal, Shaligram Singh, on the charge of illegally selling the land given to the Patanjali Yoga Peeth and Ayurveda Company Nepal to open industries with limited exemptions.
The former Prime Minister of Nepal appeared in the special court on Wednesday in the same case. After the detention debate, the issue of whether to release him on bail or on a simple date or to send him to pretrial detention will be decided today. He was suspended as a member of Nepal's House of Representatives after filing a case by the Authority.
In the case filed by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority in the special court, the former Prime Minister of Nepal has been demanded a fine of Rs.
After the political change of 2046, Nepal is the first former prime minister to face corruption cases in court. After the then King Gyanendra Shah took power in January 2061, the then Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was arrested in the Melamchi drinking water case with the 'Royal Commission for the Prevention of Corruption', but later with the cancellation of the Royal Commission, the validity of the actions taken by the commission was also revoked.
During the Panchayat period, a corruption case was filed against the then Prime Minister Tulsi Giri on charges of irregularities in 'carpet export'. Later, after the court decided that the claim against Giri was not valid, he was acquitted. Nepal has become the first ex-prime minister to face corruption cases as a former prime minister after the multi-party system.
Former Prime Minister of Nepal Lalita Niwas was also involved in the embezzlement case. Another former prime minister, Baburam Bhattarai, was also accused of involvement in this. But when the authority filed the case in the special court on 22 Jan 2076, they were not made defendants. The petition filed in the Supreme Court regarding the non-trial of the case against them is still pending.
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