Republic Era Sees Rise in Corruption Cases in Nepal

Kathmandu. Looking at the statistics of the last five years of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority, the number of corruption complaints and cases filed by the commission in court has increased every year. These statistics lend credence to the suspicion that corruption, rather than decreasing, has been increasing since the establishment of the republic in 2065 BS.The case of misappropriation of 143 ropanis, 6 annas, 3 paisa, 3 dam of land within the 'Lalita Niwas Camp' in Baluwatar is one of the major corruption cases that have come to light since the achievement of the republic. In...