Corruption accused appointed DDC chairman KOL Report KATHMANDU, June 14 - One of the newly appointed District Development Committee Chairman has been found of facing a corruption charge at Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority, the CIAA. Shambhu Prasad Chaurasiya who was appointed as the chairman of Parsa DDC by the government, has been accused for embezzling more than 1 million rupees by the CIAA, reported our correspondent. The CIAA is carrying out investigation against Chaurasiya in the case. Earlier, he was also appointed chairman during the Surya Bahadur Thapa government. The corruption case against all the DDC Board members had been filed after the board headed by Chaurasiya decided to cancel the money amounting to Rs. 1.41 million needed to be paid by a contractor to the DDC. Chaurasiya was released by the Parsa district administration on bail five months ago. The Chief District Officer of Parsa, Nabin Ghimire claimed that even though Chaurasiya has been appointed chairman, the action against him would continue. (snn)