CIAA Files Corruption Charge against Ministry Joint Secretary

Kathmandu Feb 15-The Commission for Investigation on Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a case at the Special Court on Wednesday against the joint secretary of the Ministry for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation on charge of amassing property beyond his stature.

The CIAA charged Nagendra Prasad Shrestha with illegally amassing over Rs 16.97 million while he held various government posts since 1975. The anti-graft body claimed that Shrestha has deposited Rs 5.5 million in various banks under his and his family member’s names by 1998. Shrestha is also charged with purchase of one thousand and 992 shares of the Bank of Kathmandu and possessing two buildings worth some Rs 6.5 million in Kathmandu along with a huge area of land in the capital through illegal means.

The CIAA, in its charge sheet, claimed that Shrestha only received four Katthas of land as his share of ancestral property. According to the CIAA, Shrestha is currently absconding.

Same as , The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has lodged a case at the Special Court, Kathmandu against Shatrudhan Shah Kalwar of Janakpur Municipality-12 and clerk Gaya Prasad Thakur of Land Revenue Office, Dhanusha yesterday charging that they were involved in releasing a loan from Rastriya Banijya Bank, Janakpur Branch by submitting a spurious land ownership certificate as the collateral.

Likewise, the CIAA has filed a case at the Special Court against then Assistant Storekeeper of Agriculture Materials Company Limited, Nuwakot Sri Ram Khatiwoda on the accusation that he peculated property of the Company worth Rs 68.1 million. The Commission has demanded that the Special Court take stern action against the corrupt employees as per the existing laws.