Two More Contractors Arrested for Hacking Government E-Procurement System
Summary
Two construction contractors, Bikram Pandey and Tank Kumar Shrestha, were arrested by Nepal Police for unauthorized access to manipulate tender details in the government's e-Government Procurement system.
Key Points
- The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police arrested two additional contractors for unauthorized access to the government's e-Government Procurement system.
- The arrested individuals are Bikram Pandey, director of Kalika Construction Pvt. Ltd., and Tank Kumar Shrestha, director of Bhishan Construction Pvt. Ltd.
- They are accused of altering economic proposal documents before the opening of financial bids.
- This brings the total number of arrests in the case to nine, with investigations ongoing regarding other involved parties.
