CIAA files bribe case of Rs 77mln against 28 including Mahara

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, April 9: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has field a corruption case against 29 individuals including former Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara at the special court.

The defendants are accused of corruption for cheating customs as they did not confiscate gold hidden in vapes and take action as per customs law at the TIA customs office. The vape was found to have been imported illegally.

According to Ganesh Bahadur Adhikari, assistant spokesperson of the CIAA, the defendants include former speaker Mahara, Arun Pokharel, then customs chief at TIA office, Mukti Prasad Shrestha and Ambika Prasad Khanal, chief customs officers, Ramesh Kumar Khatiwada and Subendra Shrestha, customs officers. Chinese, Indian and Belgian nationals have also been sued in the case.