Ex-minister Gupta and middleman Lama have started to testify in the authority, preparation to call Shrestha, who is also the minister of order in the East, to testify
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It has been found that Ranjita Shrestha, Minister of Eastern Land Management and Chairman of Civil Liberation Party, is also involved in the role of a 'middleman' in the case of land grabbing of 134 ropani of 'lychee garden' in Batulechaur, Pokhara, Kaski.
The involvement of Shrestha, who is also a Member of Parliament, was also seen during the investigation of the bribery 'deal' between the then Federal Affairs and General Administration Minister Rajkumar Gupta and middleman Sujan Lama.
The audio of the bribe "deal" made by the then Federal Affairs Minister Gupta by the Lama of the gang who created a scenario of usurping the land of litchi plantation by appointing a favorable person as the head of the Land Problem Resolution Commission was released a few days ago.
Gupta resigned from the post of minister on June 31 after being caught in the bribery case. A complaint was filed with the authority three weeks ago. The authority has said that a detailed investigation is currently underway in this case.
The authority has started a statement on Tuesday with the former minister Gupta and the Lama who "dealt" bribe with him. The authority said that the voices of both people were also 'recorded' for testing. A few days ago, we sent the forensic science laboratory for the audio test that was made public. It has been confirmed that it was there," said an official of the authority. "Today (Tuesday) we have recorded the voice of Gupta and Lama to double check the audio." The official said that former minister Shrestha will also be called for double check to see if he matches the voice heard in the audio.
134 ropani land in the name of Durgadevi Shah and Lokdivyeswari Shah due to Birta during the Rana period was not registered in the name of individuals after Birta was abolished in 2016. Since the Panchayat period, the land was not registered in the name of an individual.
Former Bhogadhikari Durgadevi and Lokdivyeswari have passed away. It has been revealed that the gang has planned to register the same land in the name of Suraj Thakuri, Sunil Thakuri, Bhimsen Thakuri and Om Bahadur Thakuri, the four grandsons of Durgadevi, and give it to the rightful owners of 33% of the former shareholding, and the rest of the land will be eaten by middlemen. Former Minister Gupta, Shrestha, as well as current Minister of Land Management Balram Adhikari, former Secretary Arjun Pokharel and middleman Lama are also involved in this scenario.
In this case, the audio has also been made public with the claim that bribes were paid to Land Management Minister Adhikari and former secretary Pokharel.
"According to the available facts and evidence and the audio confirmed by the laboratory, former minister Shrestha and Sujan Lama are seen as intermediaries in the land embezzlement scheme and bribery transaction. It seems that the other people involved in this case have misused the state machinery to make decisions according to the gang's plan," said an authority official, "But after the work did not proceed according to the plan, all the manipulations that have been done have come to the surface. It has also revealed how those who sit at the highest level of the state are misused.' Officer and former minister Gupta is a UML MP. She was the Minister of Land Management from 17 Chait 2079 to 21 February 2080, representing the Citizens' Liberation Party. After Shrestha, Adhikari has been the Minister of Land Management since 23 February 2080.
According to the investigation officer, Shrestha hatched a plan to grab land while he was a minister but it was not successful and he was also involved in this game by expanding the access of the middleman Lama to Gupta, who became the Minister of Land Management and Federal Affairs Minister. He also said that it was found that Shrestha and Lama tried time and again to take people of their favor to Kaski Malpot and Land Problem Solution Commission during the game of killing land. In the public audio, a woman and a middleman lama are heard making a bribe 'deal' with the then federal affairs minister Gupta, pronouncing the name of the land administration minister Adhikari. It is claimed that Shrestha is the woman ex-minister involved in the bribery deal. For that reason, the authority said that they are also ready to call him.
