The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed a case in the Special Court on Thursday, naming six people, including Bhattarai and Aryal, as defendants.
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A corruption case has been filed against six people, including Joint Secretary to the Government of Nepal Tirtha Raj Bhattarai and Branch Officer Yagya Aryal, in the visit visa smuggling case.
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a case against Bhattarai and Aryal, including six others, in a special court on Thursday.
The CIAA had investigated them on charges of extorting money from Nepali passengers going abroad on visit visas. Joint Secretary Bhattarai was arrested from the airport on 7 Jestha 2082. He was also the head of airport immigration at the time.
The CIAA has claimed a demand of around 7.9 million rupees against Joint Secretary Bhattarai and 5 million rupees against Aryal. According to CIAA sources, the other four people who have been charged are those who have worked as middlemen in visit visa smuggling.
The business of extorting money from ordinary Nepalis going abroad on visit visas by Tribhuvan International Airport immigration officials has been going on for a long time. Based on the police investigation, on 10 Magh 2080, the District Government Attorney's Office, Kathmandu, filed a case against 22 people, including 9 airport immigration officers, on charges of organized crime and forgery. But a year later, on 14 Mangsir 2081, the Kathmandu District Court found only the middleman and the travel agency operator guilty.
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