Kathmandu, Nov. 4 -- The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Tuesday filed a corruption case against former prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepali Congress leader and former minister Minendra Rijal, and 95 others over the alleged illegal swap and sale of public land in Morang.

The anti-graft body filed the chargesheet at the Special Court, seeking Rs734.956 million in damages, prison terms, fines, and confiscation of the land.

This is the second corruption case brought against Nepal, who is already facing prosecution over the 2010 Patanjali land scam. In June 2025, the CIAA charged him and 92 others over the purchase and subsequent sale of around 32 hectares of land acquired by Patanjali Yogpeeth and Ayurveda...