Kathmandu, June 5 -- Former Nepali Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Madhav Kumar Nepal has been charged with corruption by the anti-graft agency in connection with an alleged land scam. It is the first time that a former Prime Minister has been booked for corruption in the Himalayan nation.

The anti-graft agency, Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), on Thursday afternoon registered a case against Nepal along with 94 others on the land scam, court officials confirmed to ANI.

"CIAA registered the case at the Special Court on Thursday against Nepal and other defendants," a Special Court official confirmed to ANI.

This is the first time that a Nepali Prime Minister has been charged in a corruption case in t...