International Companiesलाई आंखा चिम्लेर समर्थन गर्नु पर्छ र विदेशी कंपनीलाई प्रश्न गर्यो भने बरबाद हुन्छ भन्नेहरुको नमुना हेरौं । मैले भने जस्तै नेपालका कर्मचारीहरु विदेशी कंपनीकोलागि काम गर्छन भन्ने नमुना यहां प्रस्तुत छ: CIAA files graft case against NRB governor, executive director Kantipur Report KATHMANDU, June 29 - The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Friday filed graft cases in the Special Court against Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) governor Bijaya Nath Bhattarai and executive director of the NRB’s Bank Financial Institutions Regulation Department Surendra Man Pradhan for serious financial crimes. The police today arrested Pradhan under the CIAA’s directive and presented him before the court. Following the case filing, Bhattarai and Pradhan have automatically been suspended from their respective posts. The CIAA has charged the duo of embezzling Rs 195.319 million that Nepal had received in foreign aid for financial sector development. NRB had handed over the responsibility of the Financial Sector Reform Programme to an American company IAF a year ago with an agreement to provide Rs 19 million to the latter. A CIAA investigation has revealed that the IAF had breached the contract by leaving after working for just around a month. During its one-month tenure, IAF had already received $6.8 m from NRB. In the case filed today by CIAA, it has claimed that NRB should have compensated the amount that had already been channel to IAF during its one-month stint. According to sources, the case was filed against the duo after they failed to demand legal compensation to the tune of over Rs 24 million following a breach of contract agreement by IAF that had also produced documents of another Sri Lankan company KPNG while signing the contract. CIAA also informed that IAF had produced forged documents on behalf of KPNG and alleged NRB to have turned a blind eye to the forged documents. Earlier, CIAA had also investigated governor Bhattarai for misusing funds belonging to the state during the April movement. CIAA had also summoned governor Bhattarai on June 24 and had issued a notice putting him on the list of ‘absconded persons’ as the latter failed to produce himself before CIAA. The CIAA today filed the case against the two as per the Corruption Control Act 2059 for abusing authority and incurring financial losses to the NRB. The charge carries a maximum penalty of a two-year prison sentence or calls for the perpetrators to return the claim amount themselves. But, later in the evening governor Bhattarai was spotted at the Finance Ministry premises. According to sources, Bhattarai was attending a meeting with Finance Minister Dr Ram Sharan Mahat. When asked by media persons about the case filed against him by the CIAA, governor Bhattarai said, “I am completely unaware of any sort of case filed against me, so I can’t comment.” Bhattarai also added, “I have not committed any crime and I can defend myself.” Posted on: 2007-06-29 04:36:18 (Server Time)