Purchase of equipment worth 19.5 million in agreement
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A corruption case has been filed against 14 people, including the then provincial secretary Imnarayan Shrestha and businessman Vishal Pandit, for alleged irregularities in the purchase of health equipment for the operation of the Madhesh province government.
The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a case in the special court on Sunday, making the then Provincial Secretary Shrestha and Pandit as defendants and demanding Rs.
The authority has demanded imprisonment of 19 crore 46 lakh 13 thousand rupees against Shrestha, the then secretary of the social development ministry of the state government, Naveen Das, the accounting officer and the then senior health administrator Muktinarayan Sah. Similarly, it is mentioned in the indictment of the authority that the then director of the State Public Health Laboratory, Janakpurdham, Shravan Kumar Mishra, should be punished according to the claim. Likewise, fines and imprisonment have been claimed against Senior Lab Technician Inspector Gunananda Prasad Sah, Medical Lab Technologist Mohan Mishra and Lab Technician Inspector Ram Udagar Yadav of the Provincial Public Health Office.
laboratory officers Ninth Jitendra Kumar Sah and Amarendra Kumar Mishra, lab assistant Ramesh Kumar Mandal, accounting officer Amardeep Mahato, lab assistant Karmsheel Prasad Gop and senior lab officer Umesh Chaudhary have also been charged with imprisonment and fine. Similarly, a case has been filed against Vishal Pandit, the owner of Hospitek Enterprises as the principal, for colluding and corrupting in the purchase, with a fine of Rs.
In the procurement process called for the year 2078/79, it is mentioned in the indictment that government funds were lost by violating the pre-procurement procedure for the establishment of public health laboratories (diagnostic centers) at 64 local levels of Madhesh and entering into collusive contracts. It is mentioned in the indictment that an amount of 253,853,000 rupees was approved for the establishment of the diagnostic center, but without a clear basis, reason and justification, the contract was terminated under the program and only four health testing equipment were purchased under the contract and it was proceeded with illegally, resulting in damages equal to the amount of the amount.
In the same way, during the contract agreement by the Provincial Public Health Laboratory, it has been revealed that Kasturi Trade Link Pvt. Kathmandu, which is owned by Pandit's wife, and Lifeline Trade International Pvt. Ltd., Lalitpur, which was sold by Pandit's father-in-law, and Lifeline Trade International Pvt. Ltd., Lalitpur, were prepared. According to the authority, the laboratory took the rates from the firm of the same family or relatives according to a pre-planned plan to gain illegal benefits in collusion with the Pandit.
Similarly, it was found that the bidder Hospitec Enterprises Pvt Ltd had ordered for the purchase of 64 auto chemistry analyzer equipment on May 29, 2079, and had already been imported to Nepal on June 20, 2079, and the same equipment was sent to the laboratory.
