Incident Reports

DTO chief caught red-handed with bribe in Kanchanpur

2017-11-09

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Friday caught Kedar Sharma, chief at the District Technical Office (DTO), red-handed with Rs 600,000 bribe. A team of the anti-graft constitutional body arrested Sharma along with sub-engineer Dandi Raj Pandey with a bank cheque of Rs 614,000 from the former’s house this afternoon. The cheque was in the name of Nepal Bangladesh Bank. According to CIAA Province-7 Contact Office, Bhimduttanagar, Kanchanpur, officiating Chief Bishnu Bista, Sharma and Pandey had allegedly taken the money from a construction entrepreneur. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Extortion
Primary Cause Issues related to corruption (other than tenders)
Actor 1 - Number of people 2
Actor 1 - Affiliations Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Other private sectors
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Kailali

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