BIRGUNJ, JUNE 24

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a corruption case against three persons, including a former chief administrative officer of Jitpursimara Sub-metropolitan City, Bara.

The case has been filed against former chief administrative officer Shivaraj Sedai of Jitpursimara sub-metropolitan city and contractors Om Sharnkar Prasad and Mira Kumari Shrestha seeking 52.5 million rupees at the Special Court over irregularities in the extraction of river products.

The contractors are accused to have committed irregularities during the excavation, collection and distribution of river products from Pasaha and Balgangakhola rivers, according to the charge sheet filed.

According to CIAA Spokesperson Shyam Prasad Bhandari, Sedai in capacity of chief administration officer in the fiscal of 2022- 23 had granted licence to excavate river products to Om Shankar's Om Suppliers.

But, Om Suppliers is said to have cheated the government by not posting the required revenue in collusion with Sedai.

As learnt, the contractor hasn't posted some 10 million rupees government revenue, excluding VAT. The CIAA, over the case, has thus filed a case against Sedai and Shankar Prasad seeking fine and prison sentence against them.

Similarly, Sedai is learnt to have carried out irregularities over the excavation in another river-Balganga - as well. The CIAA chargesheet has implicated Sedai and New Pathibhara Suppliers' owner Mira Kumari Shrestha for irregularities of 12 million rupees that was supposed to be posted as government revenue. The CIAA has sought fine and prison sentence against the duo over the case.

A version of this article appears in the print on June 25, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.