It has been revealed that after the amount paid by Nepal Air Service Corporation for two widebody ships reached Ireland, the bribe was brought to Singapore and Dubai as well. It has been found that 41 lakh 40 thousand US dollars (about half a billion rupees) of the bribe was distributed from various accounts of 'cell companies' opened abroad. Funds managed from other countries are also being investigated.

According to information received by Kantipur, agents from the UK, Germany, Portugal and the US were active in the agreement to sell the Hifly X aircraft manufactured by the French company Airbus from Ireland.

Deepak Sharma, a British citizen of Nepali origin, who is at the center of this phenomenon, had set up a ``cell company'' worth one dollar in the name of Hifly x Ireland. The said company had won the contract of two widebody 'A 330-200' from the corporation.

When purchasing the ship, the corporation sent Ireland's Highfly X 2163 million 88 thousand US dollars (about 23 billion 20 million rupees according to the then rate) on 4 dates. 

Investigators claim that the amount sent by the corporation was brought to Nepal through Singapore and Dubai by giving commission to various companies. A meeting held on October 7, 2073 under the chairmanship of then Tourism Secretary Shankar Adhikari, who was the chairman of the board of directors of the corporation, directed the management to purchase two widebody ships. Three days later, on October 10, a public notice was issued by the corporation.

On November 23, Corporation General Manager Sugaratna Kansakar formed an 11-member evaluation committee under the leadership of Kamu Deputy General Manager Ramesh Bahadur Shah. The special court has also ruled that a contract with America's AAR Corp. was made in agreement with 11 companies submitting a proposal to sell the ship to the corporation.

After the evaluation committee submitted its report on December 2, according to its recommendation, the corporation decided to purchase the ship from AAR Corp. Deepak Sharma as a representative of AAR entered into an agreement with the corporation.

Since the Corporation does not have the resources for this, the Cabinet meeting on 07 Baisakh 7 decided that the government should be bailed out after 25 billion loans were requested from the Employees' Provident Fund and the Citizens' Investment Fund. What is strange is that both the institutions had not agreed to give the loan earlier, citing the credibility of the 'cell company', the non-transparent process involved in the purchase, etc. However, since the Cabinet was in charge, the Provident Fund and the Investment Fund ensured the loan. Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal was the Prime Minister when the Council of Ministers took this decision.

Although there was an agreement between the corporation and America's AAR Corp for the purchase and sale of the ship, the corporation proceeded with the process of sending the purchase amount to Ireland's Hifly X. However, Highfly X Ireland also appointed Norton Rose Fulbright LLP as a third party agent to collect payments.

The corporation sent the money to this third party. The corporation sent one million dollars on 15 February 2017 (4 February 2073), and 79 million dollars on 17 May 2017 (3 June 2074) to Hifly's agent. Both these payments were made by the Dahal-led government. 

Similarly, on 26 June 2018 (12 Asar 2075), 688 million 94 thousand 54 dollars were sent and on 24 July 2018 (8 July 2075), 68 million 88 million 94 thousand 54 dollars were sent. KP Sharma Oli was the Prime Minister when the last two payments were made. In this way, in four installments, a total of 2163 million 88 thousand 109 US dollars, i.e. about 23 billion 207 million rupees according to the then rate, was sent to Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, the agent of Hifly X.  Since

, after receiving the payment from the corporation, Hifly X Ireland has deposited 41 million 40 thousand US dollars in the accounts of various companies in Singapore and Dubai and the investigators have confirmed that the amount was used as a bribe. It seems that the amount received in this way is immediately managed in the accounts of various companies. 

Hifly X sent two million US dollars in three installments to German Aviation Capital Singapore through Allied Irish Bank (AIB). Hifly X sent 750,000 on 10th July 2018, 500,000 on 3rd August and 750,000 on 14th August. It seems that the corporation paid four payments, and the last payment was made on 24 July 2018.

German Aviation Capital Singapore deposited $500,000 on July 10th, the same day it received funds from Hifly X, and another $500,000 on August 6th after receiving funds for the second time. It seems that German Aviation Singapore itself has sent 639,000 Singapore dollars to another company in Singapore, Matrix Cross Border, in the same Serofero.

3 lakh 17 thousand 520 on August 2 and 3 lakh 21 thousand 500 Singapore dollars on August 17 seems to have been sent to Matrix's account. It has also been found that this company sent 688,520 Singapore dollars to Blueberry Express registered in Singapore on August 2.

Dubai's Target Investments account has received funds not only through Singapore's German Aviation, but also directly from Highfly X Ireland. Two million US dollars were deposited into the account of Target Dubai from Highfly Ireland on July 11th and another million on August 4th. Not only that, 

Target has also received funding from Highfly Airlines Portugal. An investigation revealed that 139,930 US dollars were deposited into the account of Target Investment from Portugal on July 24. 

It has also been revealed that Target has sent the money to company accounts inside and outside Dubai. According to Target, a total amount of 1 million 1 thousand 328 US dollars has been deposited in the account of Carlos Alberto Court Real Mirpuri in Dubai. For this, Target collected dirhams equal to 5130 US dollars on July 17, dirhams equal to 3000 dollars on July 29, and dirhams equal to 498 thousand 198 dollars on August 12. 

Similarly, Target paid 3 thousand 268.89 US dollars on August 5, 10 thousand 748.52 dollars on August 6, 11 thousand 812.70 on August 9, and 46 thousand 749 on August 11 to the accounts of Laura Bharela Mirpuri Foundation in Switzerland and Hifly Portugal. .2 dollars and 72 thousand 579.13 dollars. 

Target Investment Dubai appears to have sent a total of $297,780.91 to the account of Chartered World LLP in the UK. For this, 5,000 on July 17, 12,978 on July 21, 50,000 on July 23, 5,000 on July 30 and 24,802.91 on August 7 were traded. 

In this way, the investigation agency is investigating the fact that the money was brought directly from Singapore and Dubai to other countries and brought to Nepal through Hundi and deposited in the bank accounts of various people. "It is not possible to say everything because the various mechanisms of the state are continuing to investigate this matter, the truth is that the money received from bribes is deposited in the accounts of companies opened in countries including Singapore and UAE and brought to Nepal through Hundi," officials said. 

The American Federal Investigation Agency FBI was also interested in Nepal's Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation and Ministry of Law. On the other hand, the Investigation Commission on Abuse of Authority and Nepal Rastra Bank are continuing to investigate bribery transactions and money laundering.

A complaint was filed with the authority on 27th January 2073 saying that collusion had started in the purchase of aircraft. However, the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament started an investigation after the process was continued by ignoring the public questions raised. For this, a sub-committee was formed on 8th December 2075.

Initially, a sub-committee consisting of Naradamuni Rana and Renuka Gurung was formed under the coordination of MP Prakashman Singh, but on December 19, the sub-committee was reconstituted with Divyamani Rajbhandari, Renuka Gurung, Sarlakumari Yadav and Sudan Kiranti under the coordination of MP Deepak Prakash Bhatt. Based on the report of the sub-committee, the audit committee had determined that there had been irregularities in the purchase of the ship and instructed the authority to investigate and take action against the culprits.

After an investigation that lasted for five years, the authority filed a case in a special court last March. The Authority had filed a case against 32 including Nepali and foreign officials involved in the widebody case in March last year in a special court with a demand of about one and a half billion rupees.

The special court handed down a verdict on December 20, 2 former secretaries involved in the procurement process, Shankar Adhikari and Shishir Dhungana, the then general manager of the corporation Kansakar and joint secretary Budhisagar Lamichhane, who is also a member of the board of directors, and seven foreigners were imprisoned for 10 years with a fine of 1 billion 474 million rupees. And has been found guilty with a fine equal to that.

The special court convicted Ana Topa, managing director of German Aviation Capital, representative Christian Neuhlen, AAR CEO John Holmes, AAR financial director Oleg Kalistru, Hifly X president Paulo Miripuri and director Geralt Thornton, and British citizen Sharma of Nepali origin, who were involved in the purchase of the ship in addition to Nepalese officials. has done Other agencies of the state are separately investigating those involved in the bribery business.