Kathmandu, Nepal: Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a corruption case against three persons including suspended Director General (DG) of Inland Revenue Department (IRD), Chudamani Sharma, at the Special Court on Sunday.
Though the CIAA had submitted the charge sheet to the Special Court on Friday it has not filed due to time constraint. The CIAA has filed case against Lumba Dhwoj Mahat, the chairman of the Tax Settlement Commission, and Umesh Dhakal, a member of the commission.
As the DG of the IRD, Sharma was member secretary of the commission. The trios have been alleged of exemption of taxes of big business for mutual benefits. In te charge sheet, the CIAA has claimed that the trio caused a loss of more than Rs 10 billion to the country and asked for the fine.
The CIAA has also asked them all for jail term of 10 years for trio.
