KATHMANDU: A supplementary petition has been filed with the Department of Money Laundering Investigation (DMLI) demanding an investigation into the assets of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana and people close to him.

Senior orthopedic surgeon Dr. Govinda KC, a civil society leader and medical education reformer, filed a supplementary petition with DLMI on Tuesday.

In the petition, Dr KC alleged that CJ Rana acquired illegal wealth by using his brother’s (Prabhu Shumsher Rana) name in the last two years. The petition stated immovable property, such as land and buildings, in different places of Kathmandu worth Rs. 300 million was acquired in Prabhu’s name in the last two years.

Dr KC drew DMLI’s attention to investigate the matter citing that the property was acquired through illegal income.

The petition stated that 3.5 ropani plot in Gothatar on October 7, 2019, and an eight ana plot along with a house in Thamel a month later in November the same year was bought in the name of Prabhu Rana, the CJ’s brother.

Dr KC also demanded freezing assets of CJ Rana and people close to him in course of the investigation.

Dr KC filed the first complaint against CJ Rana on money laundering charges on December 26, 2021.