Kathmandu, May 9
Arrest warrants have been issued against 20 people regarding the Bal Mandir land dispute in Naxal.
An arrest warrant has been issued against the then president of the Bal Mandir, Rita Singh; former officials Tulsi Narayan Singh, Ganesh Bhakta Shrestha, Suman Shakya, Krishna Shankar Sah, Shyam Kumar Ale and Subas Kumar Pokharel.
Similarly, arrest warrants have been issued for Gopal Shrestha, Prachandaraj Pradhan, Ramkaji Kone, Yogendra Bahadur Shahi, and Dipak Das Shrestha.
An arrest warrant has been issued against Chiranjivi Tiwari, Prabin Raj Joshi and Murari Nidhi Tiwari, the former principals of Vrihaspati School. Arrest warrants have been issued for Purushottam Raj Joshi, Shraddha Shanghai, Abhinav Singhania, Siddharth Kedia and Kirti Prasad Pandey.
Shanghai, Singhania and Kedia belong to the Vishal Group. Bishal Group had leased the land of Bal Mandir and used it.
On behalf of the Bal Mandir, a complaint was lodged with the CIB on Thursday. In the year 2021, after acquiring ‘Sita Bhawan’ located in Naxal, the government kept 119 ropani 12 annas 3 paisa land in the name of Nepal Children’s Organization i.e. Bal Mandir.
The CIB had also started a subtle investigation into this land issue. Even in the CIB’s investigation, it was revealed that the land had been misused, but the case process did not go ahead because it was not formally reported.
