KATHMANDU: The government has taken a step to get back the land captured by land mafias across the country.

In the course of retaining the land, the government got back 21 bighas of land captured by land mafias in Siraha.

The land was retained by the government at the initiation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa.

The government also has taken the initiative to regain 500 bighas of land belonging to Mahadev Guthi captured by land mafias.