CIAA files corruption case against Secretary Madhu Marasini and 8 others in procurement of National Payment Gateway system

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against Secretary Madhu Kumar Marasini and eight others in procurement of the National Payment Gateway system.

The CIAA has lodged the corruption case in the Special Court against the then executive director of the National Information Technology Center (NITC) Sanjay Sharma, the then executive director of NITC Pranita Upadhyaya, the then deputy director of NITC and current managing director of Nepal Telecom Sunil Paudel, current deputy director of NITC Safal Shrestha, the then chief of the Budget and Program Division of the Finance Ministry and current Industry Secretary Marasini, the then assistant director of NITC Ramesh Prasad Pokharel, the then account officers of NITC Nim Bahadur Oli and Ram Bahadur Budha, and computer engineer with NITC Ram Sharan Gayak.