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April 17, 2026 ,
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Minister Adhikari claims audio leak as a character assassination

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KATHMANDU- Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Balram Adhikari, has claimed he has no involvement in the recently surfaced audio controversy, calling it as a conspiracy to assassinate his character.

During a press conference held at the ministry he said he is ready to face any punishment if proven guilty.

He claimed that it is a clear attempt of character assassination. “Those who failed to fulfill their personal interests have resorted to such tactics,” he said. He claimed some individuals tried to pressure him regarding the transfer of a government official, and after he refused, the audio was made public. He stressed that,” i have no involvement with the leaked audio clip and there is not even a single bit of my voice on it.”

However, Federal Affairs and General Administration Minister Rajkumar Gupta, who was involved in the same case, resigned soon after the audio clip was made public.

CIAA should not yield to anyone’s pressure and influence: President

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Kathmandu- Addressing a program organized on the occasion of the 34th Foundation Day of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority, President Ram Chandra Poudel has said that the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority should not yield to anyone’s pressure or influence and work without considering the offense and the offender big or small.

He also said that in a situation where the nature and form of corruption is changing, the investigation and prosecution process should also be modernized and that the attention of all parties concerned should be drawn to the issue as some problems and complaints are being received even if the bills related to corruption are not disposed of for a long time.

He also said that by qualitatively improving the living standards of the citizens, we should work for the interest, welfare and international image of the country by making integrity, impartiality, transparency and fearlessness fulfilling the high aspirations of the people for development and good governance, and since Nepal is also a party to the International Convention on the Control of Corruption, it is necessary to amend our laws and mechanisms in accordance with the provisions mentioned in it.

Corruption case against Sunil Poudel on charges of accepting bribe of Rs 30 million

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Kathmandu- The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed another corruption case against Sunil Poudel, former Managing Director of Nepal Telecom and then Executive Director of the National Information Technology Center, on charges of accepting bribe by supplying goods in collusion with a contractor company.

The charge sheet of the authority states that Poudel, the then Executive Director of the center, prepared the bid in collusion and even accepted the proposal for the procurement of supply, delivery, and installation of security appliances and network equipment called for in the fiscal year 2074/75, and that he accepted a bribe of Rs 30 million, 850 thousand, 400 while purchasing goods worth Rs 124 million, 280 thousand. The CIAA has also made Deepak Anand, the owner of the supplier company Actors Computers Nepal Pvt. Ltd., a defendant.

The charge sheet states that the bribe was received in bank accounts in the US, Singapore, and India. The Commission has filed a case after analyzing the technical tests conducted on the mobile and laptop recovered from Poudel and verifying the conversations regarding the house setting and bribery transactions from the beginning. There was a series of conversations between them on WhatsApp and email regarding this. The Commission has also filed a case based on that as evidence.

Corruption cases have been filed against Poudel, who is currently in Dillibazaar Jail. He has even been found guilty in some cases.