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NEA official caught red-handed with bribe in Pokhara

Dec 12, 2017-The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) caught an official of the Malepatan-based Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Pokhara, red-handed with bribe on Tuesday.

According to the anti-graft constitutional body, electrical foreman Ishwor Prasad Subedi was arrested while he was receiving Rs 25,000 kickback from a service seeker.

The CIAA Pokhara Regional Office said that Subedi had taken the money to install three phase electric meter box.

Source: The Kathmandu Post