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Engineer and ward member held with bribe



POKHARA: Engineer of Bhanu Municipality, Tanahun, Sukdev Adhikari and member of ward 13 Krishna Bahadur Adhikari were held with a bribe on Monday.

A team from Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA)’s regional office Pokhara arrested engineer Adhikari and ward member Adhikari with a bribe of Rs 75,000.

CIAA Office Pokhara Spokesperson Meghnath Rijal shared that the Adhikari due was arrested from the municipality premises acting on a special tip-off that engineer Adhikari was demanding bribe for developing work execution report of a school building construction.

The investigation into the incident is taking place, police said.

Publish Date : 11 February 2020 11:32 AM

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