Kathmandu. The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, former minister Dr. Minendra Rijal.

Nepal, who is also the joint coordinator of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), and Rijal, who is also a leader of the Nepali Congress, have been accused of corruption by registering a public land exemption through the decision of the Council of Ministers.

The commission has filed a case against 97 people, including Nepal and Rijal, in the special court. A claim of Rs 73.49 crore has been filed against them.

The CIAA has filed corruption cases against former secretary Chhabi Raj Panta, former joint secretary Ramesh Chandra Adhikari, then undersecretaries Gandhi Prasad Subedi, Hupendra Mani KC, Nurpati Kandel, Hariraj Panta, Dr. Arjun Khadka, Laxman Thapa, Dhruba Sapkota, section officer Balaram Niraula, director of the Department of Land Management Rajendra Sharma, director Narayan Adhikari, under-secretary Baburam Khanal, section officer Sitaram Pokharel and NASU Buddhi Bahadur Karki.