A case was filed in the special court on Wednesday against the then member secretaries of the committee, Tikaram Dhakal, Narahari Tiwari, Gehendra Bahadur Dangi, Accounts Officer Hari Bahadur Chhetri (now deceased), and Assistant Accountant Khadka Bahadur Rana.
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The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against the then office bearers and employees of the Surkhet Upatyaka Nagar Bikas Samiti.
A case was filed in a special court on Wednesday against the then member secretaries of the committee, Tikaram Dhakal, Narahari Tiwari, Gehendra Bahadur Dangi, Accounts Officer Hari Bahadur Chhetri (now deceased) and Associate Accountant Khadka Bahadur Rana. The case has been filed against the defendants on charges of embezzling the amount collected from shuttering and land rent from the fiscal year 2076/7 to 2080/81 without depositing it in the bank, informed CIAA spokesperson Suresh Neupane.
The CIAA charge sheet states that out of the revenue collected from rent of Rs 41.84 million in the past 5 years, only Rs 12.32 million was deposited in the bank. The CIAA has established the amount that was not deposited and established separate amounts. Of the remaining Rs 294,78,681 embezzlement, Rs 642,28,437 has been confirmed against Dhakal, Rs 147,1942 against Tiwari, Rs 72,78,100 against Dangi, and Rs 294,78,681 against Associate Accountant Rana.
The CIAA has demanded the recovery of Rs 299,96,410 from Simakumari Chand, the wife of then Accounts Officer Hari Bahadur Chhetri, who was named as a defendant in the case.
It has also been revealed that the defendants prepared fake income and expenditure statements to make it appear that the money was deposited in the bank and had them approved by the committee meeting to cover up the embezzlement.
