Special Court Acquits Two in Soil Excavation Corruption Case

Kathmandu. The Special Court has acquitted two people, including the chairman of the school management committee, in a case filed for corruption by excavating more soil than agreed upon from the land of Mahendra Secondary School in Nawalparasi.

A bench of Special Court judges Narayan Prasad Poudel, Hemanta Rawal, and Dilliratna Shrestha has decided to acquit Radhakrishna Chaudhary, chairman of the School Management Committee of Shri Mahendra Secondary School located in Sarawal Rural Municipality-3, Nawalparasi, and Dinesh Yadav from the charge of corruption. The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) had filed a case against the school management committee chairman Chaudhary and Dinesh Yadav of Ramgram Municipality-4, demanding a claim of 10 lakh 8 thousand.

An agreement was reached on Falgun 15, 2080, between the School Management Committee and construction entrepreneur Dinesh Yadav for the excavation and extraction of soil from plots no. 142 and 295, owned by Shri Mahendra Secondary School located in Sarawal Rural Municipality-3, Nawalparasi.

The CIAA had filed a case alleging corruption by excavating more soil than the quantity specified in the agreement. It was claimed that more soil was extracted than agreed upon based on the report of the technical team formed by Sarawal Rural Municipality. However, the defendant Dinesh Yadav stated in court that he had not excavated more soil than agreed upon and that the payment for the work done was still pending.