INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:

Kathmandu, March 11 The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed separate chargesheets at the Special Court against

three persons for their alleged involvement in corruption and irregularities. According to the CIAA, it sued Assistant Forest Officer

Krishna Bahadur Devkota and office assistant Pramod Kumar Teli of Division Forest Office at Bardaghat of Nawalparasi after they were caught

in the act of receiving bribe of Rs 200,000 from a service-seeker

Devkota and Teli had solicited the amount as kickback for awarding the service-seeker a tender

CIAA Spokesperson Pradip Kumar Koirala said Devkota negotiated with the service-seeker for the bribe amount and asked Teli to receive it

Acting on a tip-off, a team of the anti-graft body took them into custody with the bribe

They have been charged under Section 3 of the Prevention of Corruption Act-2002, seeking maximum penalty as provisioned in the law

Despite repeated warnings by the CIAA against public post holders regarding its intensified sting operation, bribery continues unabated at

government offices. A report recently published by theCIAA stated that it mobilised its employees in corruption-prone public offices, posing

as service-seekers for integrity test of the concerned officials. Micro-surveillance and rapid action procedures have also been implemented

to swing into action against government employees involved in irregularities and corruption. Such actions are expected to improve public

service delivery system by controlling corrupt tendency of officials, according to the CIAA. The CIAA filed a case against Kalapati Devi

Awasthi, principal of Shree Bhumiraj Primary school, Badam, Dadeldhura, for submitting fake certificates of academic qualification to join

teaching service. According to the anti-graft body, she was found possessing the certificates of high school level from Allahabad, India

She has been charged in accordance with Section 12 of the act

The CIAA has booked more than 15 persons for enjoying government services and facilities on the basis of fake certificates over the past two

months

According to the CIAA, the practice of submitting fake academic credentials, including teaching licences and citizenship certificates to

join government service, get promotion and receive government facilities, is rampant in public offices. The post Three booked for graft

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