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Corruption case filed against engineer for amassing Rs 107.75 million illegaly

Kathmandu, 1 July: The anti-graft body, Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a charge sheet at the Special Case against Rajkumar Shakya, the Project Chief of Drinking Federal Water and Sewage Management in Khotang under the Department of Drinking Water and Sewage Management, for illegally amassing huge amount of money.

According to the CIAA, Senior Divisional Engineer Shakya had made a huge sum seeking commissions and collecting money from different contractors to embezzle the properties.Shakya, who had joined the civil service as an overseer from Mahendranagar some 28 years ago, was also found collecting properties in the name of his relatives.

After joining the public service, his legal properties were worth Rs 16.1 million but he has mobilized almost Rs 124 million for property creation and investment.So, his illegally earned property is worth Rs 107.75 million, the CIAA mentioned in a press statement. The CIAA has asked for the seizure of Shakya’s all properties without legal sources and maximum extent of penalty and imprisonment.

People’s News Monitoring Service

 

 

 

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