Tax Evasion Commission officials sentenced to 9 years imprisonment

KATHMANDU, June 20: Officials of the tax evasion commission including the suspended Director General of the Internal Revenue Department, Chudamani Sharma, will be sentenced to 9 years in prison.

The joint bench of the Special Court Chairman Shrikanta Paudel and the members Yamuna Bhattarai and Shaligram Koirala has decided on a 9 years and 1 month imprisonment to the Chairman of Tax Evasion Commission Lumbadhwaj Mahat and 9 years imprisonment to Member Umesh Dhakal and Member Secretary and the suspended Director General of the Internal Revenue Department Sharma.