Kathmandu, January 17: The government has decided to confiscate assets worth two billion rupees from those who are convicted on the charge of corruption. The Ministry of Home Affairs has become active in bringing back the property earned from corruption in the name of the government. Director General of the Criminal Asset Management Department Suresh Panthi informed that a proposal has been sent to the Cabinet through the Ministry of Home Affairs to bring the properties in the name of the government which have been decided to be confiscated by the Supreme Court.

A proposal has been sent for the confiscation of properties in Nepal by five former administrators and an Indian national with criminal activities.

"We have formed five groups under the leadership of the branch officer to collect the details of the court's verdict," said Director General Panthi. He informed that three thousand five hundred judgments from different courts regarding the confiscation of property are impending.

Director General Panthi said that assets worth two billion rupees are ready for confiscation. In the first phase, the process of confiscating the properties of five former administrators earned from corruption in different parts of the Kathmandu Valley has been initiated. The Ministry of Home Affairs has said that the Ministry has actively pursued the confiscation of the property that has been used by the culprits for a long time. According to the Act on Confiscation of Property, Director-General Panthi says that the process of confiscating the houses and bringing them in the name of the government as per the decision of the Supreme Court will be expedited.

According to the Department of Property Management, the process of confiscating the properties of former administrators, employees and family members, Amonanda Mishra, Saraswati Dhungana, Murari Bahadur Karki, Kesharjung Khadka and Ramatra Chatrubedi in different parts of the Kathmandu Valley has reached the cabinet. A proposal has also been submitted to the cabinet to confiscate the house property purchased by an Indian in Nepal through criminal activities. The Ministry of Home Affairs has moved to confiscate the land and house kept in Kathmandu in the name of a Nepali woman by Niranjan Hojai of India's Assam state, who has been involved in criminal activities in the past. Director General Panthi said that the house was vacated by the Casualty Asset Management Department one and a half years ago, but the name of the government did not come up.

People’s News Monitoring Service.