Kathmandu, February 10:

The Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has taken the task of initiating action against those implicated in the Rayamajhi Commission report as a matter of highest priority.

The fact that the CIAA can be expected to order arrest of ministers and other political appointees going back to the time when King Gyanendra was heading the cabinet became evident today when CIAA commissioners sat down for a preparatory meeting forgetting even the weekend holiday.

The CIAA Acting Chief Commissioner Indra Kumar Shrestha and commissioner Lalit Bahadur Limbu and Bed Prasad Siwakoti drove to the CIAA headquarters and sat down for what is being identified as a “preliminary but very crucial meeting.”

It has been independently learned that Sunday will see appointment of investigation or interrogation officers for the task of grilling those who will be rounded up based on the findings and recommendation of the Rayamajhi Commission. The top bosses have reportedly decided to assign six officers as investigating officers.

“You will see what we are exactly upto in a couple of days. At most it could take four days for the onlookers to know who are in the net,” said a commissioner seeking anonymity, considering sensitive nature of cases and individuals associated.

Conceding that all those who are now in for CIAA heat were all high-profile ministers and movers and shakers at a when when King Gyanendra was heading the cabinet as chairman, the CIAA, he claimed, was thinking about initiating action against erstwhile Home Minister Kamal Thapa and Information and Communication Minister Tanka Dhakal, among others, “based on reports.”

“We were about to launch a crackdown on certain politicians based on newspaper reports. Now, since the government has recommended action based on the well-documented report, there are every chances of a definite action,” the commissioner said.

The renewed activism at the CIAA headquarters in Tangal follows hot on the heels of the tough decision taken by the government following a cabinet meeting on Saturday.

The decision which was formally announced on Friday had recommended necessary action against those who both abused their positions and misappropriated funds from the state exchequer at a time when the mainstream political parties were out of power.

While Rayamajhi Commission report has implicated many army and police

officers apart from those at Nepal Rastra Bank and also those occupying public post by virtue of getting political appointment, action coming from CIAA could see only former minister facing the heat in the first phase.