The special court on Tuesday found Poudel guilty of corruption worth Rs 155 million.
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The special court has found former managing director of Nepal Telecom Sunil Poudel guilty in a bribery case. On Tuesday, the special court found Poudel guilty of corruption worth Rs 15.5 crore.
A bench of judges Surdashandev Bhatta, Hemanta Rawal and Dilli Ratna Shrestha also sentenced him to 2.5 years in prison in the illegal wealth acquisition case. The special court sentenced him to 2 years in prison for embezzlement and an additional 6 months for official responsibilities.
Poudel was found guilty in two cases of embezzlement and bribery. The sentence is yet to be determined in the case of embezzlement of Rs 127.7 million in the case related to embezzlement, Rs 38.5 million in the case related to embezzlement, and Rs 15.5 million in the case related to embezzlement. The special court found him to have committed corruption worth more than Rs 15.5 crore in both cases.
In both cases, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) claimed that Sunil Poudel had made financial transactions from various banks in Singapore.
The CIAA had filed a charge sheet for bribery along with undeclared assets after the details of the transactions from Singapore were revealed while recovering equipment from Poudel's house. He was also found guilty in the case of illegal acquisition of wealth on the charge of hiding the money in a Singapore bank.
The special court found Poudel guilty in the first case, which involved the charge of illegally acquiring wealth worth Rs 127.5 million, and sentenced him to two years in prison.
The verdict said that Poudel, who was also the Executive Director of the National Information Technology Center, would be fined Rs 127.5 million and fined the same amount. Similarly, Poudel will also have to deposit Rs 5.1 million in the Victims' Relief Fund.
The special court's verdict states that Poudel has illegally acquired Rs 149.7 million and the source of other assets has not been disclosed.
Based on the letter received from the official body in Singapore and the forensic report of the electronic device, it appeared that Sunil Poudel had opened a bank account in Singapore.
A foreign deposit of Rs 135.3 million was found in his account in Singapore.
