INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, July 12
The Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority today filed corruption case against seven persons,
including four police personnel, for presenting fake evidence to secure acquittal of a person who was involved in a road accident that
resulted in the death of a motorcyclist.
According to the CIAA, vehicle driven by Bodhraj Pandey had hit a motorbike resulting in the death
of its rider, Nandakali Sharma
Sharma died while undergoing treatment at a hospital.
The CIAA indicted four police personnel: Inspector Lok Bahadur GC, SI Damodar
Bhattarai, ASI Deb Bahadur Thapa and Havildar Bal Bahadur Oli.
According to a press release issued by the CIAA, GC, who is the inspector of
Area Police Office, Gaindakot, ordered his staff to indict Kishuna Mahato, a servant of Bodhraj Pandey in the accident, to secure Pandey
acquittal.
According to the CIAA, GC ordered investigating police officers to mention Mahato as the driver of the vehicle that hit the
motorcycle and the investigating officers followed his order
The CIAA said Sahlik Ram Pandey acted as an accomplice in the case.
The CIAA also said the police kept Mahato under police custody without
the permission of the court and thus his detention was illegal
The CIAA said the police officers prepared fake documents to acquit the real driver of the vehicle involved in the accident
The CIAA said the night when the accident occurred, Pandey was kept in the Area police Office following his health check up and in his
police statement recorded that night, Pandey had admitted that his vehicle was involved in the accident.
The CIAA filed charge sheet against
police officers under Section 19 (2) of Prevention of Corruption Act-2002.
The anti-graft body filed corruption case against Pandey,
Shalikram and Mahato, under Section 19 (2) of the act.
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