Case against then TIA immigration chief in visa scam

Then-home minister Lekhak under probe for allegedly overlooking corruption at the Kathmandu airport.

The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority on Thursday filed corruption charges against then Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) chief immigration officer Tirtha Raj Bhattarai and six other individuals, plus two companies, at the Special Court, while continuing its investigation against then-home minister Ramesh Lekhak for his alleged involvement in a visit-visa bribery racket.