CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman and former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has been suspended from the position of lawmaker on Thursday.

After the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a corruption case at the Special Court in connection with the Patanjali land scam, Nepal was suspended from the post of lawmaker.

This is the first time that a corruption case has been filed against the former Prime Minister at the special court.

On February 1, 2010, the Nepal-led Cabinet approved the purchase of 815 ropani (1 ropani equals 0.0509 hectares) of land in Kavre under the ceiling exemption to operate Patanjali as an Ayurvedic University.

Following the meeting, Patanjali purchased more than 593 ropanis of land in Sanga, Nasikasthan and Mahendrajyoti in Banepa. Later, the Cabinet decided to sell 353 ropanis and 15 annas of land to Kasthamandap Business Home Pvt.Ltd., which was exempted from the land law.

The CIAA  has demanded compensation of Rs 185.5 million from Nepal.