KATHMANDU: A study has found that the local units have been the most corrupt after the country adopted federal setup, Rajdhani daily reported.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) pointed out embezzlement taking place in the social security allowance. The anti-graft body has filed over two dozen graft cases at the Special Court.

According to the report, the local government staffers are found to have been receiving allowances for their deceased parents and buying a land plot with it.

Pradeep Kumar Koirala, spokesperson of the CIAA, said they received over 3,600 cases related to misuse of social security allowance  in the last six months.