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]]>The CIAA filed the case against the former Director-General of the Inland Revenue Department Chudamani Sharma, former Chairman of the Tax Settlement Commission Lumbadhwaj Mahat, and member Umesh Prasad Dhakal.
According to CIAA Spokesperson Narayan Prasad Risal, the case was filed against them on the charge of corruption for exempting taxpayers in various tax statements.
The anti-graft constitutional body strives to ax corruption in the country by investigating financial irregularities and corruption involving public officials.
Nepal is one of the most corrupted countries in the world. The Himalayan nation ranks 117th globally in terms of corruption, as per the 2021 edition of the Global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) by Transparency International.
“Nepal’s anti-corruption efforts are inadequate. Corruption and abuse of power in the public sector, lack of action against public officials, bribery in business, and lack of citizen access to information still persists in the country,” said Transparency International.
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]]>According to the CIAA Spokesperson Taranath Adhikari, the accused transferred the ownership of the land to the private company by tampering the survey map published in 2022 BS. The private company then sold the land to the general public.
The transferred land is spread over an area of eight ropanis in wards 23 and 28 of Lalitpur Metropolitan City.
The government officials involved in the corruption are:
- Buddhiman Jaisi, Former Chief of the Survey Office in Lalitpur
- Baleshwor Yadav, Survey Officer
- Keshav Thapa Magar, Surveyor
- Baburam Khanal, Former Chief at Lalitpur Land Revenue Office
- Khyam Narayan Poudel, Class I Non-gazetted Officer
- Dinesh Neupane, Class I Non-gazetted Officer
- Atmaram Luitel, Class II Non-gazetted Officer
Likewise, the anti-corruption body registered a corruption case against the owners of private housing companies, including:
Owners of Euro Housing Developers Pvt Ltd and Euro Land Developers Pvt Ltd:
- Gunikaji Manandhar
- Yogeshwor Krishna Parajuli
- Krishna Raj Shrestha
- Tanka Bahadur Shrestha
- Gopal Das Manandhar
- Babin Manandhar
- Ujjawal Manandhar
Owners of Kathmandu Hospital Private Limited:
- Ishwor Lal Acharya
- Durgaman Joshi
- Durgesh Nandini Bhattachan
However, The CIAA has retrieved NPR 20.233 million in fines from the accused.
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]]>The most-awaited Nepal’s biggest festival season has set in creating a joyful environment across the country.
The special season, which began with the arrival of the 15-day long Bada Dashain on September 21, 2017, and will be followed by Tihar and Chhath, started witnessing a large number of Nepalese traveling to and from Nepal for their festival celebrations.
“The number of people returning home usually goes up during the festive season. Nepalese living abroad, a majority of migrant workers, return home for Dashain and Tihar festivals. This is a normal trend almost every year,” says Prakash Neupane, a Senior Immigration Officer at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).
According to TIA’s Online Immigration Database, around 34,690 Nepalese returned home from various foreign destinations between September 17 and September 23, 2017, while 24,175 Nepalese left the country during the same period.
Around 4,921 Nepalese returned home on the very first day of Dashain on September 21, 2017. Surprisingly, the number increased to 15,626 by September 23, 2017 i.e. within two days after the festival beginning.
According to official data, 5,432 and 5,282 Nepalese passed through the TIA immigration office on September 22 and September 23, respectively.
Majority of these arrivals were seen from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Malaysia and the United Arab of Emirates.
Outbound Travelers Also on Rise
On the other side, the festival season is also witnessing a significant rise in the number of migrant workers leaving the country.
According to the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE), 13,295 Nepali migrant workers applied for outbound travel between September 17 and September 24.
The data covering the last seven days shows that 3,687 migrant workers have applied for work permits in Qatar, followed by UAE (2,979), Malaysia (2,759), Saudi Arabia (2,352) and Kuwait (629).
“This drop during this time of the year is normal. The number will go up once the festival is over,” says DoFE Spokesperson Adhikari.
CIAA Cautions Government on Services
Meanwhile, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) yesterday urged the Government of Nepal to ensure smooth delivery of services during the festivals.
CIAA directed the government officials and other consumer-based organisations to take possible measures in this regard.
Chief Deep Basnyat urged the officials to be alert with regard to issues concerning peace, security and food supply, and also suggested them to conduct regular market monitoring activity. He called on officials to work in coordination to address public grievances on time.
5,000 Security Personnel Deployed
The Metropolitan Police Office, Ranipokhari, Kathmandu has prepared to deploy around 5,000 police personnel in the Kathmandu Valley, to ensure peace and security during the festival season covering Dashain, Tihar and Chhath.
Besides Nepali police help desks, special security forces have also been deployed at hotels, bus points, across the Valley.
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]]>The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is facing a probe for misappropriation of approximately Rs 800 million in multiple land deals worth Rs 1.61 billion. The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), which has begun the preliminary investigations, confiscated all the relevant documents from the NOC headquarters.
The process for buying land was initiated by the NOC to build oil storage facilities in all the seven provinces. This followed the government directive on maintaining fuel stock for a three-month period. While the Parliamentary Industry, Commerce and Consumer Welfare Committee (ICCWC) had instructed NOC to construct the storage plants in government-owned land, the latter began dealing with private contractors to buy land plots.
The ICCWC along with a sub-committee of the Parliamentary Finance Committee are probing possible fraud in the land deals.
Shiva Kumar Mandal, the Minister for Supplies said that “We are waiting for the report of the probe panel formed under the parliamentary committees. We will take necessary action if anyone is found guilty.”
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