Kathmandu, February 5

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority has revealed names of 175 defendants in Lalita Niwas land-grab case. Those named defendants by the CIAA in the land grab case include

1. Kaladhar Deuja, Land Revenue Officer
2. Mukund Prasad Acharya
3. Surendra Man Kapali, Land Revenue Officer (accused of embezzling 2.26 crore)
4. Dharma Prasad Gautam
5. Jagat Prasad Pudasaini
6. Ukta Prasad Shrestha
7. Rudra Kumar Shrestha
8. Pushpa Raj Upadhyay
9. Indra Prasad Dhungana
10. Tikaram Ghimire
11. Tika Bahadur BC
12. Jivanath Pokharel
13. Arjun Bhandari
14. Mohammed Sabir Hussain
15. Shreehari Pudasaini
16. Shyam Kumar Chhetri
17. Hari Krishna Timilsina
18. Parshuram Kharel
19. Krishna Prasad Paudel
20. Prakash Narayan Bhatta
21. Tanka Nath Paudel
22. Prem Bahadur Khapun
23. Arjun Khatiwada
24. Shankar Prasad Subedi
25. Angur Sigdel
26. Kedar Prasad Shrestha
27. Kamal Ghimire
28. Dev Bahadur Lamichhane
29. Bharat Chandra Aryal
30. Janak Bahadur Bhandari
31. Hupendra Mani KC
32. Jit Bahadur Thapa
33. Chhabi Raj Panta (accused of embezzling Rs 9.65 crore)
34. Dambar Shreshta (accused of embezzling Rs 9.65 crore)
35. Rajendra Man Shrestha (accused of embezzling Rs 9.65 crore)
36. Bal Krishna Shrestha (accused of embezzling Rs 9.65 crore)
37. Suroj Raj Rajkarnikar (accused of embezzling Rs 9.65 crore)
38. Ashok Nath Upreti (accused of embezzling Rs 9.65 crore)
39. Deep Basnyat (accused of embezzling Rs 9.65 cr)
40. Binod Kumar Gautam, (accused of embezzling Rs 9.65 crore)
41. Bijay Kumar Gachhadar (accused of embezzling Rs 9.65 crore)
42. Haribol Acharya
43. Rameshwar Bidari
44. Semanta Raj Chapagai
45. Hem Raj Subedi
46. Tej Raj Pandey
47. Dinesh Hari Adhikari (accused of embezzling Rs 7.08 crore).
48. Chandra Dev Joshi (accused of embezzling Rs 7.08 crore)
49. Tulasi Pokharel
50. Hari Prasad Joshi
51. Baliram Prasad Teli
52. Dilip Kumar Bhatta
53. Nava Raj Paudel
54. Shailendra Paudel
55. Jaya Prasad Regmi
56. Phanindra Prasad Dahal
57. Mani Kumar Rana
58. Badri Bahadur Karki
59. Laxmi Narayan Upreti
60. Dinesh Prasad Sharma
61. Rukma Shumsher JB Rana (accused of embezzling Rs 8.27crore)
62. Hatak Shumsher JB Rana (accused of embezzling Rs 1.35 crore)
63. Heman Shumsher JB Rana
64. Suniti Rana (accused of embezzling Rs 8.69 crore)
65. Shailaja Rana (accused of embezzling Rs 9.63 crore)
66. Hemadri Shumsher JB Rana
67. Bil Bahadur Maharjan
68. Harsha Maharjan
69. Director of DL Developers
70. Madhavi Subedia
71. Uma Kumari Dhakalni
72. Shree Krishna Maharjan
73. Chameli Shrestha
74. Kanchha Maharjan
75. Dev Narayan Maharjan
76. Tirtha Maya Maharjan
77. Rena Gurung
78. Baburaja Maharjan
79. Machanani Maharjan
80. Gwarabhai Maharjan
81. Dwarika Man Maharjan
82. Rajani Paneru
83. Baba Karki
84. Agam Dhungana
85. Khema Lal Kharel
86. Director of Bhatbhatei Development Pvt Ltd Min Bahadur Gurung (accused of embezzling Rs 11.2 crore)
87. Laxmi Dhakal
88. Tirtha Maya Maharjan
89. Dev Narayan Maharjan
90. Mohan Maharjan
91. Sanjay Kumar Maharjan
92. Sakulanand Maharjan
93. Indra Bahadur Thapa Chhetri
94. Shanti Malla Pradhanang
95. Mithu Devi Chapagai
96. Sarswati Kumari Shrestha
97. Nirmala Devi Shrestha
98. Mohan Prasad Bhattarai
99. Baikuntha Sharma Regmi
100. Khimadevi Angbuhang
101. Shahi Kala Subba
102. Bidya Paudel Gautam
103. Soda Kumari Chapagai
104. Bhuwan Kumari Chapagai
105. Urmila Shah
106. Ramnath Ghimire
107. Ram Kalyan Adhikari
108. Shobhakanta Dhakal (accused of embezzling Rs 39.27 crore)
109. Ram Kumar Subedi (accused of embezzling Rs 52.51 crore)
110. Min Bahadur Gurung (accused of embezzling Rs 39.27 crore)

Following persons/organisations have been named defendants for recovering land from them. The CIAA said it named them defendants as the land plots on the Lalita Niwas premises have been transferred in their names. As per the charge-sheet, they do not have direct involvement in corruption as per the Prevention of Corruption Act-2002. Government-owned and public land plots have been transferred in their names. The individuals, while registering their statements with the CIAA said they were not willing to return those land  plots to the government. Therefore, as per the Prevention of Corruption  Act-2002, the CIAA has demanded that the court issued order to get the land plots registered in the name of the government.

111. Kalpana Tuladhar
112. Sharma Shakya Bajracharya
113. Pragati Kansakar
114. Non-Resident Nepali Association
115. Kamana Gurung
116. Kalyan Gurung
117. Sajjan Kumar Chachan
118. Devanshi Goyal
119. Saraswati Ghale Gurung
120. Sarala Ghale
121. Manoj Kumar Kedia
122. Manoj Kumar Gautam
123. Mantee Gorkhali
124. Nirmala Devi Goyal
125. Nikita Tuladhar
126. Amitambha Tuladhar
127. Uma Prasai
128. Yurishobha Tuladhar
129. Renuka Bajracharya
130. Suvista Tuladhar
131. Anjana Tuladhar Tamrakar
132. Chandrika Kansakar Tuladhar
133. Sanu Chhori Bajracharya
134. Sipika Khaitan
135. Sushma Bajracharya Shakya
136. Sandhya Shakya
137. Sangita Rakhecha Kaathori Bothara
138. Nutan Shrestha
139. Dharma Shobha Shakya
140. Dimple Banshal
141. Sarita Manandhar Shrestha
142. Geeta Gautam Khanal
143. Nitu Gurung
144. Reeta Ojha Gautam
145. Ratnahira Bajracharya
146. Pratima Baidhya Pradhan
147. Pravin Tamrakar
148. Vijay Tamrakar
149. Maya Sherpa Gauchan
150. Mahesh Raja
151. Dwarika Devi Shrestha
152. Indradev Gurung
153. Indu Sharma
154. Sandip Dhakal
155. Bhavani Joshi
156. Bharati Pandey
157. Vivek Kumar Subedi
158. Keshav Tuladhar
159. Anita Devi Kansakar
160. Om Virman Tamrakar
161. Anil Man Tamrakar
162. Govinda Lal Shanghai
163. Gayatri Shrestha (Kansakar)
164. Pancha Narayan Maharjan aka Sanu Kanchha
165. Radha Sigdel Acharya
166. Macha Babu Prajapati
167. Rupesh Kumar Subedi
168. Saroj Dhakal
169. Pahalman Gurung
170. Purushottam Poudel (Continental Group)
171. Pramod Sherchan
172. Kanak Harbal
173. Chyut Raj Joshi
174. Vijendra Joshi
175. Dri Laxmi Shrestha