Kathmandu, May 18 -- graft body has accused them of misappropriating public property and causing damage to state resources by illegally extracting forest products and constructing fish ponds inside a protected forest area under the Sagarnath Forest Development Project.

According to the chargesheet, the accused encroached upon the Murtiya forest area inside the Sagarnath project; excavated sand, gravel, stones, and soil; and constructed ponds without legal approval or environmental assessments.

The construction, carried out under the guise of a fish farming project, was allegedly financed through unlawful use of funds from the federal and provincial governments.

The CIAA in a statement on Sunday claimed that the accused caused a financi...