CIAA fines 16 gazetted officers

The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has fined 16 gazetted officers including a joint-secretary for not furnishing their property details.

Joint Secretary at the Department Forest Research and Survey Mrigendra Bhusal and section officers Anita Niraula, Laxman Lamichhane, Sharad Kumar Baral, Arjun Baral, Devendra Lal Karna, Rajn Regmi, Basanta Sharma, Bimal Kumar Acharya, Dharma Chandra Shakya, Laxman Kumar Shrestha, Hari Prasad Joshi, Urmila Kafle and Pitamber Bajgain have been fined Rs. 5,000 each for not furnishing their property details. CIAA has also directed them to furnish their property details within 30 days.

According to Corruption Control Act, anyone holding a public position should furnish his/her property details within sixty days of the end of a fiscal year.

It is learnt that Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and seven ministers of his cabinet have also not filed their property details. They should have filed their property details by October 31, 2008, as per the provisions of the Act. CIAA has not mentioned anything about why it had not fined the ministers. nepalnews.com Feb 06 09