KATHMANDU, July 8: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested a ward chair from Rupandehi with a bribe amount of Rs 300,000.
Janardan Yadav, the chair of Marchawari Rural Municipality-3, was caught red-handed along with a businessman involved in receiving the bribe. The arrest was made by a team deployed from the CIAA office in Butwal on Monday.
CIAA nabs Janakpurdham-24 ward chair, secretary with bribe
According to CIAA spokesperson Rajendra Kumar Paudel, Ward Chair Yadav demanded a bribe from a service recipient in exchange for recommending payment after the completion of various development projects within the ward.
Yadav did not receive the money himself but instructed Bipin Kumar Pandey, the proprietor of Shri Ganesh Trading based in Siddharthanagar-9, to collect it on his behalf.
The CIAA team arrested both Yadav and Pandey with the bribe amount after Pandey had already received the money from the service recipient.
Further investigation is underway, the CIAA said.
