Kathmandu, 27 February: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case in the special court against three people, including joint secretary of the Ministry of Urban Development, Ishwar Chandra Marhatta, on the charge of corruption by building a bridge on the Daraundi River in Jarawar, Gorkha Municipality-3, Gorkha.
CIAA, on Sunday, filed a case against Marhatta along with Ramkumar Shrestha and Omraj Dhungana, Under Secretaries of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure, Urban Development and Transport of Gandaki Province, for misappropriating Rs. 50 million. Interestingly, Marhatta has been made Director General of Local Infrastructure Department under the Urban Development Ministry. Two others are working in the provincial ministry, enjoying impunity.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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