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Special Court sends former CIAA chief Basnyat to judicial custody for his alleged involvement in Lalita Niwas land scam

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  Kathmandu, Nepal      December 13 2020

 

Kathmandu, Nepal, December 13, 2020: Special Court has on Sunday made a verdict to send former chief of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Dip Basnyat to judicial custody for his alleged involvement in Lalita Niwas land scam.

Responding to the writ filed by the CIAA, a joint bench of Special Court's Chief Prem Raj Karki and justice duos Abdul Aziz Musalman and Nitya Nanda Pandey made the verdict to this effect.

With the verdict, the Special Court has also ordered the government and authorities concerned to take Basnyat to judicial custody until a final verdict on the Lalita Niwas land scam.
 
The CIAA had filed a corruption case against Bennet for his alleged involvement in corruption while he was serving as Secretary at the Ministry of Physical Infrastructures and Works.