CIAA files corruption charges against RSP Karnali official and others over community forest fund embezzlement

Kathmandu. The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case in the Special Court against five individuals, including Hari Prasad Adhikari, the Karnali Province Joint General Secretary of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), for embezzling funds from a community forest users' committee.In a press release issued on Thursday, the CIAA stated that the accused are charged with misappropriating over 1.2 million rupees from the Malika Community Forest Users' Committee located in Chaukune Rural Municipality-5, West Surkhet.The committee's chairman Amar Bahadur Dani, treasurer Sabitra Adhikari, secretary Tejendra Bahadur Bayak Chhetri, and member Hari Prasad Adhikari...