Chairman and Managing Director of Bhatbhateni Supermarket Min Bahadur Gurung has been arrested on Tuesday. A team of Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) nabbed Gurung from Kathmandu this morning. Nepal Police spokesperson Kuber Kathayat said that he was detained in connection with the Lalita Niwas land grab case.

The Special Court on February 3, 2021 had issued an order saying that Gurung be released on a bail of Rs 20 million.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority on February 5, 2020, had filed corruption cases against 175 individuals at the Special Court in connection with Lalita Niwas land scam.