KATHMANDU: Olangchungola Custom Office based in Faktanglung Rural Municipality-7 in Taplejung district has been shut down since the past one year.
According to Tenzing Sherpa, an office assistant, the office was shut down a year ago, a news in Annapurna daily said.
Even though the office has assigned Nayab Subba Bijaya Shrestha, he has not turned up in the office since a long time.
Locals said the transaction at the office was not transparent. Ward Chairman Chheten Bhote said he had paid Rs 65,000 in revenue at a time, but the office had reported to have collected only Rs 18,000 that year.
According to a report prepared by the Office of the Attorney General, Rs 1678, 000 is found to have spent as salary for custom staffers.
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