Engineer and ward member held with bribe

Engineer of Bhanu municipality, Tanahun, Sukdev Adhikari and member of ward 13 Krishna Bahadur Adhikari were held with bribe on Monday.

A team from Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA)’s regional office Pokhara arrested engineer Adhikari and ward member Adhikari with bribe of Rs 75,000.

CIAA Office Pokhara Spokesperson Meghnath Rijal shared that the Adhikari due was arrested from the municipality premises acting on a special tip-off that engineer Adhikari was demanding bribe for developing work execution report of a school building construction. Investigation into the incident is taking place, police said.