Constituent Assembly (CA) members B.P Yadav of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum and Gayatri Sah of Nepali Janata Dal, who are facing charges of misuse of their diplomatic passports, have been suspended with the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filing cases against them at the Special Court on Wednesday.
The anti-graft body filed cases against the two lawmakers and seven others suspected of assisting them in renting their passports for hefty sums. In the case filed under the Corruption Control Act 2059, the CIAA has demanded five years jail and Rs 50,000 fine for each of the two lawmakers.
In its case file, the CIAA also demanded recovery of Rs.16.2 million that had been transacted by the accused in the passport scam.
Others implicated in the high-profile passport misuse case are CA member Sah’s father Hari Charan Sah, who heads the Nepali Janata Dal, his aide Santosh Raj Upreti, head of the Immigration Department Khadananda Dhakal, section officers Shyam Babu Bhandari and Bhumi Nanda Bhandari, computer officer Indra Kumar Sunar and junior officer Devi Dutta Khatri. The CIAA has demanded two-year jail and Rs 50,000 fine for each of the seven accused.
CA members Yadav and Shah are currently in police custody while other accused are at large.
They were rearrested by the CIAA on Friday as soon as the Kathmandu District Court approved their bail plea
The anti-graft body filed cases against the two lawmakers and seven others suspected of assisting them in renting their passports for hefty sums. In the case filed under the Corruption Control Act 2059, the CIAA has demanded five years jail and Rs 50,000 fine for each of the two lawmakers.
In its case file, the CIAA also demanded recovery of Rs.16.2 million that had been transacted by the accused in the passport scam.
Others implicated in the high-profile passport misuse case are CA member Sah’s father Hari Charan Sah, who heads the Nepali Janata Dal, his aide Santosh Raj Upreti, head of the Immigration Department Khadananda Dhakal, section officers Shyam Babu Bhandari and Bhumi Nanda Bhandari, computer officer Indra Kumar Sunar and junior officer Devi Dutta Khatri. The CIAA has demanded two-year jail and Rs 50,000 fine for each of the seven accused.
CA members Yadav and Shah are currently in police custody while other accused are at large.
They were rearrested by the CIAA on Friday as soon as the Kathmandu District Court approved their bail plea
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