The government has suspended Maha Prasad Adhikari,the Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank.

Deputy Governor Nilam Dhungana Timilsina has been given the responsibility of acting governor of NRB, according to a Finance Ministry source.

It has not yet been disclosed why the government decided to suspend him. But he is being accused of leaking confidential information to the media.

According to a source, the relationship between Finance Minister Janardan Sharma and Governor Adhikari has not been good lately.

Earlier on Friday, Finance Minister Sharma had publicly accused that a member of the Board of Directors of NRB had bargained for the release of millions of US dollars from the account of Prithvi Bahadur Shah of Achham. This happened after the media reported that Finance Minister Sharma had put an undue pressure on the NRB to release the money.

Speaking at a program on ‘National Economics and Finance Conference’ organized by NRB, Minister Sharma also accused a high-ranking official of NRB of leaking secret information to the media.