ANANTA RAJ LUITEL

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority today arrested 35 officials of the Department of Immigration and the Department of Foreign Employment on graft charges. Accusing them of being involved in issuing illegal labour approval for migrant workers by accepting bribes, the anti-graft constitutional body arrested 18 officials from DoI and 17 from DoFE.

“The anti-graft body’s move was based on the information provided by the DoFE officials who were arrested on August 20,” Spokesperson for CIAA Shreedhar Sapkota told THT.

Of the 77 labourers who obtained labour approval last year, 34 are now abroad.

Bribery accused

Department of Foreign Employment

•             Section Officers: Nirmala Neupane, Manju Sharma Subedi, Ajita Sharma, Mukti Prasad Khanal, Ganga Bahadur Bhujel, Gyanendra Sharma, Pabitra Kunwar

•             Computer Officer: Hiradhoj Karki

•             Non-gazetted first-class officers: Shankar Karki, Ramesh Kumar Adhikari, Yogendra Kumar Adhikari,

•             Non-gazetted second class: Madhav Bhattarai, Keshav Banjara

•             Computer operators: Santosh Subedi, Krishna Prasad Khatiwoda

•             Translator: Raj Ullah

•             Office Assistant: Yasodha Thapa Magar

Department of Immigration

•             Section Officers: Bhoj Bahadur Aidee, Ram Chandra Karki, Nara Bahadur BK, Ram Krishna Parajuli, Dilli Ram Bhattarai, Diwakar Sharma, Gopi Prasad Paudel, Ram Chandra Khatiwoda, Kamal Bahadur Karki, Bikram Bahadur Somai

•             Accounts Officer: Babuhari Panthi

•             Non-gazetted first class officers: Ram Kumar Ojha, Jaya Bahadur Singh, Lilaram Pokhrel

•             Senior Immigration Assistants: Sanjaya Nepal, Nawaraj Koirala, Ram Prasad Marasini, Chiranjiwi Adhikari

Who’s next?

KATHMANDU: CIAA is planning to launch an anti-graft campaign in Land Revenue Office, Land Reform Office, District Administration Office, Survey Offices, Transportation Office and other offices that regularly deal with the public. Bhawani Prasad Subedi, the Press Coordinator of CIAA Chief Lokman Singh Karki, told The Himalayan Times that the houses of officials suspected of graft were under CIAA surveillance.

Published on: 24 August 2013 | The Himalayan Times