KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 28The Special Court has founded guilty 9 offenders, consisting of Nepali Congress legislator Tek Bahadur Gurung in a corruption case filed by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority. CIAA challenges Special Court choice at apex court Oli slams Nepali Congress Five out of 14 offenders - previous treasurer of Social Welfare Council Ratna Gaha Magar, former SWC director Madan Prasad Rimal, previous SWC deputy director Bal Bahadur Swar, previous legal advisers of SWC Prem Singh Dhami and Jagadev Chaudhary were acquitted of the charge, according to Spokesperson for the Special Court Dipendranath Yogi. The court will conduct hearing on March 9 do choose the punishment.The CIAA had, on 5 February 2019, submitted a corruption case at the Special Court against 14 persons, including previous minister of women, kids and social well-being and former chair of social well-being council Badri Prasad Neupane, previous vice-chair of SWC Pramod Mehata, former treasurer of SWC Kunja Bihari Prasad Chaudhary, previous members of SWC Hari Neupane, Mohan Raj Sharma, Madan Kumar Lal Karna, and previous member secretary of SWC Ravindra Kumar.Lawmaker Gurung was convicted for his role as an accomplice in the case.

The verdict was provided by a bench of Chair of Special Court Shree Kanta Paudel, Judges Shaligram Koirala and Balbhadra Bastola.The CIAA had accused the accuseds of not following legal procedure while renting 60 ropani land on Fun Park at Bhrikuti Mandap.A meeting of the Board of Directors of SWC hung on 5 September 2012 had granted the contract to Rabindra Gurung to run Fun Park for a monthly rent of Rs 555,000 (inclusive of all taxes) for 15 years.The anti-graft body had actually stated that according to the government agreement rules, the defendants were required to award the contract through tender process, but they did not abide by this provision.

It likewise said the accuseds granted the agreement for 15 years for a really low quantity breaching public procurement laws.It said Icchumati Vegetable Market, near Bhrikuti Mandap was awarded contract for a lease of Rs 78,571 per ropani land, while Fun Park land was rented for only Rs 9,250 monthly.

The CIAA said the previous SWC workplace bearers leased the fun park at a much lower rate compared to the market rate.CIAA has actually looked for to recoup Rs 315,217,675 each from former minister Neupane, Mehata, Chaudhary, Sharma, Karna, Tek Bahadur Gurung (Bhrikuti Mandap Fun Park operator) Rabindra Gurung (main operator of Bhrikuti Mandap Fun Park).

It has called previous treasurer of SWC Ratna Gaha Magar, previous directors of SWC Madan Prasad Rimal, former deputy director of SWC Bal Bahadur Swar, former legal consultants of SWC Prem Singh Dhami and Jagadev Chaudhary, but has actually not claimed any quantity from them.The offenders had actually first granted the contract on 6 September 2003 for a regular monthly rent of Rs 9,250 which was upgraded and extended on 5 September 2012.

A variation of this short article appears in the print on March 1, 2023, of The Himalayan Times .

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