Special Court jails ex-minister Neupane for nine and half years, fines suspended lawmaker Gurung in corruption case

The Special Court has sentenced former minister and the then chairman of Social Welfare Council Badri Prasad Neupane to nine and a half years in prison and fined him Rs 24.37 million while slapping a fine of Rs 12.18 million on suspended Nepali Congress lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gurung for corruption.

The court on Thursday slapped jail sentences and fines on nine persons including Neupane and Gurung convicted of committing irregularities while leasing out land to Fun Park, an amusement park at Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu, by lowering the price.