July 7: The Kathmandu District Court has issued arrest warrants against four former secretaries on charge of their involvement in the Baluwatar-based Lalita Niwas land misappropriation scam.    
According to the police, arrest warrants have been issued against then secretaries Deep Basnyat, Chhabi Raj Panta, Dinesh Hari Adhikary and Narayan Gopal Malego on the charge of their involvement in transferring the government land in the name of individuals

Nepal Police spokesperson Deputy Inspector General Kuber Kadayat said that former joint-secretary Sudheer Shah has been already arrested in this connection with this case while Basnyat, who is also the former chief commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), is absconding.    
The police sought arrest warrants from the court against the former four secretaries. Police had recently reopened investigation against those who transferred 114 ropanis land of Lalita Niwas in individual's name through forgery. -- RSS