KAPILVASTU, Feb. 18 -- The land mafia have registered 4.5 bighas of government land in the name of an individual in Kapilvastu. Despite being fallow public land, the land mafia registered the land plot in question in the name of an individual in Banganga Municipality-8 of Kapilvastu.

In 2031 BS, Jholai Tharu, the then member of the village, registered the 4 bigha 7 kattha 3 dhur government land of Motipur-4, plot number 119, in his name, according to the Land Revenue Office.

The land mafia, in collusion with employees of the land revenue office, facilitated the registration of the land in the individual's name. After receiving a complaint, the Land Reform and Management Office conducted an investigation and confirmed that the land regis...