Corruption Case Filed Against Chabahil Survey Office Official Over Bribery Allegations
Nepal's Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against Survey Office Chabahil official Topjung Khatri for allegedly accepting a Rs. 160,000 bribe to facilitate land registration documents.
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against Topjung Khatri, a survey official (Amin) working at the Chabahil Survey Office's Gokarna (Makalbari) Survey Team.
According to the CIAA, Khatri allegedly accepted a Rs. 160,000 bribe from a service seeker in exchange for facilitating the preparation of a land ownership registration certificate (Lalpurja) following land record updates.
The case has been filed before the Special Court after the anti-graft body concluded that sufficient evidence existed to support the bribery allegations.
The CIAA had arrested Khatri on Asar 2 while he was allegedly receiving the bribe. The investigation found that he had abused his official position by demanding and accepting illegal payments from a service recipient.
The anti-corruption agency stated that it will continue taking legal action against corruption and abuse of public office to strengthen transparency and accountability in public services.