Corruption case against four people including then head of Biratnagar Customs

The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a corruption case against Customs Chief Sapkota, Customs Officer Navkul Sharma, businessman Sher Bahadur Basnet involved in customs evasion and Customs Agent Saran Kumar Kharel on Tuesday. Basnet is the Director of Dev International Pvt. Authority spokesperson Narahari Ghimire said that a case has been filed against the defendants in a special court with a fine of Rs 8,455,605.

It is mentioned in the indictment filed by the authority that the amount to be deposited in the government revenue was embezzled by colluding with the customs chief Sapkota Officer Sharma and destroying the declaration form of goods imported from China.

Dev International registered the notification letter on 20th January 2079 The price and quality of the goods were different, and the customs officials passed the inspection in collusion. The customs department was informed about the irregularity. After that, the department initially asked to provide the details of the registration records by showing that there was a problem in the system It was revealed that Khavileh was destroyed. Due to the fact that the customs department formed an investigation committee on this matter, Sapkota and Sharma also filed a new notification on January 10, 2079 and added the value of 73 thousand 432 US dollars to the amount announced on the 11th of January 2079. is .

It is mentioned in the indictment filed by the authority that Sapkota and Sharma have committed the crime of destroying/damaging/damaging government documents under Section 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2059 with the intention of damaging/damaging revenue. Sapkota has revealed that the goods mentioned in the customs have not arrived as per the details mentioned in the notification.

It is stated in the indictment- 'When checking the condition of the goods in the customs warehouse, as mentioned in the application, the goods were not found as mentioned in the application, and the written report was given on the application given by the customs officer Navkul Sharma, and it was seen that the head of the office Tara Prasad Sapkota approved the application. As they have been confirmed to have committed an offense according to sub-section 2 of section 19 of 2059, they have been requested to be punished according to that section of the same act.' It is mentioned in the indictment that Basnet and Kharel, in collusion with

employees, misappropriated the goods brought by Dev International Pvt. Ltd. without determining the revenue according to the law. Basnet and Kharel have been asked to pay half of the penalty to be paid to Customs Chief Sapkota and Officer Sharma. They have been made defendants for engaging in customs evasion.

Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 2059 states that it is considered an offense for a national servant who has the duty to collect revenue to leave or help to leave goods without collecting the revenue that should be collected by changing the invoice, quality or quantity of the goods when determining the revenue or evaluating the goods . In section 21, it is mentioned that those who engage in revenue evasion will be punished with half of the punishment of the offending employee or other person.

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