CIAA files case against land revenue officer

Kathmandu - The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against land revenue officer Badri Raj Dhakal at the Special Court on the charge of embezzling over Rs 102 million. The anti-graft constitutional body said that Dhakal was found to have amassed Rs 102 million 758 thousand 461 disproportionate to his income.

He had also purchased a car in the name of a woman who is related to him and deposited some amount of his unauthorised income in the name of one Nawaraj Aryal. Aryal is Dhakal's brother-in-law who lives in Australia. According to CIAA, Dhakal is found to have invested and spent Rs 145 million 382 thousand 498.