Ward Chairman Convicted in Bribery Case Involving NPR 300,000 Bribe

Kathmandu. The Ward Chairman arrested for taking a bribe of three lakh rupees has been convicted of corruption. Janardan Yadav, the Ward Chairman of Marchwari Rural Municipality-3 in Rupandehi, was found guilty by the Special Court.

The bench comprising three judges of the Special Court, Narayan Prasad Poudel, Hemanta Rawal, and Umesh Koirala, convicted Yadav on Tuesday.

He had taken the bribe through businessman Bipin Kumar Pandey. A team from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Butwal had arrested them red-handed with NPR 300,000 in bribe money on the 23rd of Asar and filed a case.

The court sentenced both Ward Chairman Yadav and Pandey, who took the bribe, to one year in prison each and a fine of NPR 150,000 each.

He had taken the bribe through Pandey, the operator of 'Shree Ganesh Trading' located in Siddharthanagar Municipality-9, for the purpose of recommending payment after the completion of various projects under the ward.