Special Court Orders Evidence Collection in Corruption Case Involving Former Health Services Director General
Summary
A Special Court has ordered evidence collection in the corruption case involving former Health Services Director General Dr. Sangeeta Kaushal Mishra and others over irregularities in a mammography machine procurement causing a loss of about 140 million NPR.
Key Points
- The Special Court ordered evidence collection in a corruption case against former Department of Health Services Director General Dr. Sangeeta Kaushal Mishra and 14 others.
- The case involves alleged irregularities in procurement of a mammography machine causing a state loss of approximately 140 million NPR.
- The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed the case alleging collusion from cost estimation to payment disbursement.
- The cost estimate was abnormally inflated based on rates from a related company, leading to financial loss to the state.
