CIAA catches NEA staff while demanding bribe

Kathmandu, Aug. 10- The Commission of the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has caught red-handed Krishna Raj Sharma, an assistant administrative officer at Ratna Park branch of Nepal Electricity Authority while he was demanding a bribe of Rs. 25,000.Sharma was found demanding the bribe amount while Dilendra Maharjan, a resident of Thamel approached the office to change his damaged electric meter and he immediately informed the Commission about Sharma’s misconduct.Following the complaint of Maharjan, a team of the Commission immediately arrested Sharma.The Commission has been investigating into the case, the CIAA sources said.Similarly, CIAA Tuesday filed a case at the Special Court against the then official at Bharatpur Chitwan branch of Nepal Telecommunication Office Muktinath Sharma Neupane on charges of embezzling government revenue worth Rs. 9,93,968.The CIAA has found that Neupane misused the said amount in the fiscal year 2058/059/060, when he was working at the office. Neupane is at large since last year, a press statement of the CIAA has stated.