KATHMANDU, April 22 -- Govt records show land was sold for just Rs 800,000 per ropani

It has been revealed that the land mafia while selling the Lalita Niwas land had falsely undervalued the land at Rs 800,000 per ropani [5476 sq ft] to evade taxes during registration.

Investigation has revealed that members of the land mafia, land revenue officials and the owners of the land colluded to evade taxes while selling the land in 2061 BS.

Going by this price, the 114 ropani of land of Lalita Niwas was sold for around Rs 90 million.

Sources said Bhatbhateni Supermarket proprietor Min Bahadur Gurung, Shobha Kanta Dhakal and Ram Kumar Subedi had bought a total 114 ropani of the land by paying Rs 2,250 per ana or Rs 36,000 per ropani as tax fr...