Prachandas house may get confiscated

The rented house that Maoist chief Prachanda moved in to last month has caused fresh trouble for the Nepal government,headed by his party

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The rented house that Maoist chief Prachanda moved in to last month has caused fresh trouble for the Nepal government,headed by his party.

Serious irregularities have been found in the purchase and occupation of the house as the alleged land-lady is traceless and the tenant claims he will be paying Rs 1,03,000 per month as rent, Nepals TV channel Image quoted a senior government official as saying. There is no source of income invested in the purchase of the property,and such property can be confiscated under law.

A top official of the Sampatti Suddhikaran Bibhag (department against money laundering) said that transaction of any property worth Rs 30,00,000 and above requires its source to be declared,and any violation of that law may lead to the deal being annulled and the property being confiscated, said Suryanath Upadhyay,former head of the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Authority (CIAA),Nepals anti-graft body.

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The Land Revenue office in Kathmandu,which formalised the deal,reportedly has no information on the source of money.

The alleged nexus between the owner and tenant-on-paper on one hand,and the suspected buyer on the other,is also under scrutiny. The suspected buyer,Ajaya Sumargi,a businessman-cum-power broker,lives in Kathmandus posh Baneshwar locality,where Prachanda is alleged to be a frequent visitor.

The property in Lazimpat with sprawling lawns and two huge buildings belongs on paper to Sishu Aryal,whose sister is Sumargis wife.

Interestingly,records obtained by Imagine TV channel show that the Nepal Telcom mobile phone issued in Sumargis name,which was used in the property deal,was used only during the deal in July,and is no longer operational.

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