Bhekh Bahadur Thapa

Personal life He is married to Dr. Rita Thapa, a public health specialist. He has a son and two daughters. His son Bhaskar Thapa a tunnel engineer was a lead designer of the Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore. His elder daughter Tejshree Thapa, a human rights lawyer, lived in the Netherlands before dying at the age of 52 in March 2019. He has two grandsons Barun and Siddhant, through daughter-in-law Sumira Thapa, as well as a granddaughter, aged 19, through Tejshree. His youngest daughter Manjushree Thapa is an English language author.

Controversies In 2024, Nepali journalism outlets reported allegations that portions of public riverbank land at Baneshwor Height (Dhobikhola corridor, Kathmandu) were irregularly incorporated into plots associated with Thapa's residence, commonly referred to as "Bheri Bas Bangla." The reports cite registration activity from the late 2050s BS (late 1990s) and claim that some supporting transfer records are missing from the Land Revenue Office. Thapa publicly denied any encroachment and said he would accept verification by the Survey and Land Revenue offices, stating that he had "not taken even an inch" of government land. The Ward 10 chair is quoted in contemporaneous reporting as saying that Thapa has lived at the site for more than 50 years and his home does not fall on government land. As of , no court decision canceling his title has been reported in reliable sources, and no publicly available documentary evidence establishing improper acquisition has been presented beyond media accounts.