Corruption case against 19 people including Jha and Khanal, the then chairman of Telecommunication Authority

Authority on Thursday Digambar Jha, the then chairman of Nepal Telecommunication Authority and A corruption case has been filed in a special court against 19 people including Purushottam Prasad Khanal. In the MDMS system procurement case, the Authority Director/Senior Director Anand Raj Khanal, Deputy Director/Director Min Prasad Aryal, Assistant Director/Deputy Director Vinod Chandra Shrestha, Director Dipesh Acharya, Deputy Director Surendra Lal Hada, Assistant Director/Deputy Director Revathiram Panth have been filed as defendants in the special court.

Similarly, Assistant Director/Deputy Director Sandeep Adhikari, Assistant Director/Deputy Director Surya Prasad Lamichhane, Deputy Director Achyuta Nand Mishra, Assistant Director Vijay Kumar Rai Yadav, Assistant Director Pratiksha Paudel, Assistant Director Nirajan Koirala have also filed a charge sheet saying that they were involved in irregularities. ;

The authority claims that 91 crore 98 lakh 30 thousand 882 rupees was lost in the MDMS system procurement process. As the authority including the chairman of the authority and the staff of the authority have caused illegal benefits to themselves and consultant Numera JV and harm to the Nepal Telecommunication Authority/Nepal Government, they have been charged under (a), (d), (f) of subsection (1) of section 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2059. , (j) has demanded 91 crore 98 lakh 30 thousand 882 rupees for the crime.

In addition, the authority has also calculated the additional amount according to the prevailing dollar exchange rate of the date of the decision and has requested the bill. According to subsection (1) of Section 8 of the same Act, the Authority has demanded recovery from the defendants of Rs.