KATHMANDU: The Special Court on Monday sent the then officer at Land Revenue Office, Dillibazar Krishna Prasad Poudel to custody in Lalita Niwas land grab case.
A bench comprising of Judges Shivaraj Adhikari and Chandra Bahadur Saru refused to release Poudel in bail and remanded him to custody.
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on February 5 had filed a case against 110 people in the controversial land scam while 65 persons and organizations were named defendants to regain the land.
The anti-graft body has demanded eight to ten years in jail and confiscation of Rs 320 million and an equal fine against Poudel in the case.
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