KATHMANDU: Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kulman Ghising has been accused of graft by a lawmaker of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP).
During a meeting of Accounts Committee of the Parliament on Tuesday, NCP lawmaker Amanlal Modi accused Ghising of embezzling nine billion in the pretext of recovering a due amount from industrialists and businessman using dedicated and trunk lines.
However, Ghising denied the accusation and said that he was ready to be hanged if found guilty. He added that a probe committee has been formed to investigate the alleged irregularity.
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