Minister Adhikari's Rs 3.2 million bribery audiotape leaked

KATHMANDU, July 17: An audio recording has surfaced allegedly implicating Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation (MoLCPA), Balram Adhikari, in accepting a bribe of Rs 3.2 million. The audio, reportedly related to a land registration deal, claims that Minister Adhikari received the bribe in exchange for facilitating the registration of land in an individual's name.