Supreme Court Upholds Detention Order for Civil Aviation Authority Director General in Corruption Case

Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has upheld the order of the Special Court to send Pradeep Adhikari, the Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), to custody for further proceedings.

A joint bench of Justices Hari Prasad Fuyal and Shanti Singh Thapa upheld the order issued by the Special Court. The suspended Director General Adhikari was ordered to be sent to custody for further proceedings on the charge of corruption in the construction of the Nalinchowk Heliport by a joint bench of Special Court judges Hemanta Rawal, Dilliratna Shrestha, and Bidur Koirala on the 21st of Mangsir.

After being sent to custody by the Special Court, Adhikari had approached the Supreme Court with petition number 73 against that order. The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) had filed a case against Adhikari and four others in the Special Court on the 17th of Mangsir, claiming a demand for compensation of Rs 13 crore 57 lakh 46 thousand 213 in corruption related to the construction of the heliport at Nalinchowk.