Kathmandu, February 20:

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) today filed corruption cases against former government officials and some ‘land mafia’ accusing them of registering public land in the name of individuals by taking bribe.

According to the newly appointed spokesperson of the CIAA, Ratna Kaji Bajracharya, the anti-graft body filed corruption charge-sheets against former government officials Chiranjivi Lal Bhandari and Basudev Paudel in the Special Court.