Nepal, Oct. 8 -- The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case at the Special Court against seven individuals, including two former ministers, in connection with a bribery case involving land in Pokhara's litchi orchard.

The anti-graft body has accused former Federal Affairs and General Administration Minister Rajkumar Gupta and former Minister for Land, Management, Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation Ranjita Shrestha of corruption.

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Along with the two former ministers, five intermediaries including Sujan Lama who was involved in the bribery transaction have also been named as defendants in the case registered at...