Special Court sentences peon in charge of misappropriating funds

The Special Court (SC) has sentenced Hem Bahadur Rai, peon of Biratnagar Sub Metropolitan city, to a two-and-a-half-year jail term together with a fine equal to the misappropriated funds.

The Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) had filed a case at the Special Court charging Rai of embezzling Rs 1.6 million of the Sub-Metropolitan City.

The verdict said, “It was proved that Rai had misappropriated the amount taken from the office to deposit at a bank.” nepalnews.com pb Feb 28 06