Kathmandu, Mar. 26:
The Commission for Investigation of the Abuse of
Authority (CIAA) on Tuesday filed a case against its former commissioner Raj
Narayan Pathak and former Director of Nepal Engineering College in
Changunarayan, Bhaktapur Lambodar Neupane claiming a fine equal to Rs. 7.8
million each.
The anti-graft body said that Pathak had accepted
bribe equal to that amount from Neupane to settling a dispute over ownership of
the college.
The CIAA has decided to carry out a separate
investigation into a matter regarding bribe money of about Rs. 1.5 million by
Pathak's brother Shubha Narayan Pathak to facilitate in obtaining affiliation
for a new college.
Meanwhile, the CIAA has caught Senior Livestock
Development Officer Dr. Ram Gulam Yadav and Veterinary Technician Jageshwor
Chaudhari red-handed from Bisahara of Janakpur Sub-metropolitan City following
a compliant that they were asking bribes from the customers of the Rhizobium
and Grass Seed Laboratory of Dhanusha district.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 27 March 2019.
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