Nepal

CIAA files graft case against three including former Guv Rawal

CIAA files graft case against three including former Guv Rawal

By THT Online

Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA)

KATHMANDU: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) lodged a corruption case against three persons including Nepal Rastra Bank Ex-Governor Tilak Rawal at Special Court in Kathmandu on Thursday. The anti-graft authority has accused the officials of financial misappropriation during printing of 50 million sets of Rs 10 polymer banknotes. According to CIAA, the accused officials carried out under-the-table transactions with local agents in Australia and printed low quality notes. Given that, the graft body has filed a corruption case demanding compensation of Rs 9.10 million each from erstwhile Governor Rawal and Former Head of Note Department Upendra Keshari Poudyal and local representative Himalaya Bahadur Pande.