Special Court cites 5 key grounds linking Ex-Minister Basnet to corruption in Teramocs procurement

The Special Court has identified five crucial pieces of evidence indicating possible involvement of former Minister for Information and Communication Mohan Bahadur Basnet in the corruption case related to the procurement of Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring and Fraud Control System ( Teramocs ) technology by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA).

On Sunday, Basnet appeared before the court, which subsequently demanded a bail amount of Rs 2.5 million. A three-page order issued by a bench of judges Tej Narayan Singh Rai, Ram Bahadur Thapa, and Bidur Koirala outlined five specific grounds suggesting irregularities tied to decisions made during his tenure.