Kathmandu, Dec. 17 -- A case has been filed at the Kathmandu District Court against four defendants, including former government secretary Arjun Karki, over allegations of fraud linked to a decision to lease out the Nepal Trust's land in Durbarmarg for 30 years to Thamserku Trekking Pvt Ltd, a company under the Yeti World.

Those charged include former secretary Arjun Karki, former joint secretary Lekh Bahadur Karki, Thamserku Trekking chair Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa and the company itself. The case has been registered on fraud charges based on an investigation by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police.

The CIB had earlier sought to include organised crime and criminal breach of trust charges as well, while submitting its repor...