Anti-Graft Body Files Case Against Former Bharatpur Metropolitan Engineer for Illicit Asset Accumulation
Summary
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a case against former Bharatpur Metropolitan Engineer Bharat Kumar Acharya for amassing illicit wealth of over 6.78 crore rupees through abuse of public office.
Key Points
- The CIAA filed a case against former Bharatpur Metropolitan Senior Engineer Bharat Kumar Acharya for acquiring illegal assets.
- Acharya's legitimate income was around 3.51 crore rupees, but his expenditures exceeded 10.29 crore rupees, revealing over 6.78 crore rupees in unaccounted wealth.
- Illegal assets include land, real estate, vehicles, investments, and funding for children's higher education.
- Assets were also registered in the name of his wife, Lily Subedi, to conceal illicit wealth, who has been made a defendant in the case.
