The then Chief Administrative Officer and Accountant of Naraha Rural Municipality of Siraha has been found guilty in the corruption case. The then chief administrative officers Bhavesh Kumar Jha and Suresh Kusiait were found guilty by a special court.
The bench of the court's chairman Teknarayan Kunwar and members Muraribabu Shrestha and Ritendra Thapa on Sunday found them guilty and sentenced them to six months in prison. Similarly, it is mentioned in the order that they will have to pay a fine of 6 lakh 20 thousand rupees.
In the fiscal year 2074-75, the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed a case against them in a special court six months ago while investigating the complaint that there were irregularities in 57 types of medicinal goods purchased by the meeting of the village executive.
Rural municipality paid more than 2.2 million 61 thousand rupees in the name of purchasing medicine. However, during the investigation by the authority, it was seen that only drugs worth 16 lakh 41 thousand were distributed.
