KATHMANDU, Jan 29: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed another corruption case against the suspended Director General of Inland Revenue Department, Chudamani Sharma at the Supreme Court on Monday.

A CIAA board meeting held on Thursday had decided to file a fresh case against Sharma accusing him, along with his wife Kalpana Upreti Sharma, of amassing properties worth Rs 43 million through illegal means.

CIAA in a statement said that Sharma could reveal the legitimate source of income of around Rs 36 million from the time he joined government service till December 2016 even as investigations have revealed that he spent around Rs 79 million during the period.

Sharma was suspended after the anti-graft body arrested him on June last year accusing him of embezzling money from state coffers. He was released on Rs 3 billion bail later that month. Later in July, CIAA filed a graft case against Sharma and two other officials of Tax Settlement Commission charging them of misappropriating revenues worth Rs 10.02 billion- largest corruption scandal in Nepal’s history.

But, the Supreme Court on August had released Sharma on a general date. The case is still sub-judice at the Court.

Sharma is absconding and have failed to present himself at the CIAA office.

KATHMANDU, Nov 28: Former Director General of Inland Revenue Department Chudamani Sharma was released on a bail of Rs. 10 million from the Special Court on Tuesday.

A bench of justices Dwarikaman Joshi, Ratna Bahadur Bagchand and Narayan Prasad Pokharel issued an order to seek the amount equivalent to ten million rupees in bail and accordingly Sharma was released on bail, said information officer at the Court Bishnu Pandey. Sharma reportedly submitted a bank guarantee worth the amount from Nepal Investment Bank.

Sharma is facing a case of corruption at the court, filed by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on the charge of causing losses worth billions of rupees to the state in waiving taxes as then Chair of the Tax Clearance Commission. He was arrested on June 2 earlier this year. RSS

KATHMANDU, Aug 11: The Supreme Court has ordered the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to release suspended Director General of Inland Revenue Department on general date.

A full bench comprising Justices Dipakraj Joshi, Dipak Kumar Karki, Kedar Prasad Chalise, Sharada Prasad Ghimire and Anil Kumar Sinha issued the order after long hearing on Friday.

The order has stated, “The order on habeas corpus is issued citing that the law and the bases argued were not convincing to keep Sharma in detention any more. So, the police office needs to be written for the release of Sharma.”

The order on habeas corpus further said the bail amount claimed by the CIAA from Sharma was too much to conform to the spirit and intention of the CIAA’s Act.

With this, Sharma’s case would be dealt by the Special Court. It would finalize whether it was in the jurisdiction of the CIAA’s investigation on exemption of tax.

Accused Sharma’s spouse Kalpana Uprety on July 11 had filed a petition at Supreme Court, demanding Sharma’s release, stating that his detention was illegal.

Earlier, the Special Court had ordered for Sharma’s custody for further investigation. The Supreme Court later ordered for his judicial custody while he was in detention.

The division bench of Justice Cholendra Shumsher JBR and Prakash Raut on June 18 had ruled to send Sharma’s case to full bench keeping the case of Special Court as it is.

The suspended DG of the Inland Revenue Department is charged of assisting in exemption of tax worth Rs 21 billion for Ncell while he was the Member-Secretary of Tax Settlement Commission. RSS

KATHMANDU, July 16: Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has registered a corruption case against suspended Director General of Inland Revenue Department, Chudamani Sharma and two other officials of Tax Settlement Commission (TSC) on Sunday.

The other two are Lumba Dhwoj Mahat, the chairman of the Tax Settlement Commission and Umesh Dhakal, a member of the commission.

The anti-corruption body has claimed that the trio embezzled more than 10 billion from the state treasury and asked for 10 years jail terms for the trio.

Sharma, who was also the member secretary of the commission, was arrested on June 2 on charge of swindling the state fund. Mahat and Dhakal are absconding.