KATHMANDU: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has formed a three-member panel to investigate the bribery allegation leveled against its former commissioner Raj Narayan Pathak, reported The Himalayan Times.
The panel has been given three months deadline to complete its investigation and submit a report.
Office of the Attorney General Agni Prasad Kharel had advised the anti-graft body to carry out investigation into the allegations leveled against Pathak after the latter sought the legal opinion on the matter.
Pathak had allegedly received Rs 7.8 million bribe for settling corruption cases sub judice in the CIAA.
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