June 27: Police have arrested Meen Bahadur Gurung, the proprietor of Bhatbhateni Super Market franchise, in connection with the Lalita Niwas land-grab scam.     
A team of the Central Investigation Bureau(CIB) of Nepal Police apprehended Gurung from his residence in Kathmandu on Tuesday morning, spokesperson for the Nepal Police Deputy Inspector General Kuber Kadayat told RSS.    
Police said they are conducting a 'special operation' in connection to the infamous Lalita Niwas land-grab scandal. The Nepal Police spokesperson said that the police are also looking for more persons suspected to be involved in the scandal.    
The CIB had submitted a report to the Office of the Government Attorney, naming 300 individuals as the defendants in this scandal. But the office had returned the police investigation file, stating that further investigation was needed.    
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) had also carried out its own investigation into this scam and filed cases at the Special Court against certain individuals, which is still sub judice at the court.    
Police arrested Gurung on the charge of transferring the land of Lalita Niwas at Baluwatar which is under the government's ownership in the name of various individuals. -- RSS