Kathmandu, June 5 -- Former Prime Minister and CPN (Unified Socialist) chair Madhav Kumar Nepal has been charged with corruption in connection with the Patanjali land scam.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Thursday filed a corruption case at the Special Court against Nepal and other defendants involved in the land misappropriation case.

The anti-graft body has demanded compensation of Rs185.5 million from Nepal for causing losses to the state coffers.

The CIAA has also charged then law minister Prem Bahadur Singh, then land reform minister Dambar Bahadur Shrestha, then chief secretary Madhav Prasad Ghimire, then Secretary at the Ministry of Land Reform Chhabiraj Pant; Shaligram Singh, head of Patanja...