The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed a case against him on Tuesday, stating that he had committed an offense under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2059 BS, and also for committing an offense under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
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A case has been registered in a special court against Pradeep Adhikari, former Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, on charges of accepting a bribe of Rs 17.1 million and laundering money to conceal it.
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Tuesday filed a case against him, saying that it would be confirmed that he had committed an offense under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2059 BS and also under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The charge sheet of the CIAA states that the officer purchased land in the name of his wife with the bribe money. The charge sheet also states that the officer, while being responsible for approval, supervision, and payment of the procurement conducted by the Civil Aviation Authority, misused his position to facilitate the award of the contract. The CIAA said that it has been confirmed that Prem Prakash Dhal, the head of Gayatri Nirman Service, paid Rs 17.1 million for that. ‘With the malicious intent to hide, convert, and transfer the money that came from illegal sources, the officer had purchased 13 annas of land in Lalitpur in the name of his wife,’ the charge sheet states. ‘The actual transaction amount was hidden with malicious intent by setting the taka amount at Rs 9.1 million in the land resignation deed.’
It is alleged that the officer deposited an abnormal amount of Rs 17.1 million in the bank account of the Authority and its subordinates, which was used to facilitate the transactions through his wife's bank account.
Dhakal has also been made a defendant in the case filed by the Authority. Other cases have also been registered against the officer for corruption and organized crime. The investigation also revealed that the officer used a group including Prakash Pathak to threaten the Authority leadership while the investigation was underway for corruption against him.
