Kathmandu

Doc charged with illegally amassing property

Doc charged with illegally amassing property

By Himalayan News Service

Kathmandu, February 23 The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority today filed a case against Dr Keshav Raj Bhurtel, former medical superintendent at the Bharatpur Hospital, at the Special Court for illegally amassing property and embezzling funds. According to the anti-graft body, he had constructed a substandard building of the hospital in cahoots with contractors, bought shares worth Rs 6.7 million of Chitwan Medical College, rented out a land of the college, charged higher for uterus prolapse surgery in Maula Kalika Hospital, of which is a shareholder, and owning movable and immovable property in Kathmandu, Nawalparasi and Chitwan. The CIAA has sought to recover Rs 26.3 million from Bhurtel. Rukmani, his wife, has also been made a defendant in the case.