Kathmandu, May 1: The Supreme Court has delivered a verdict on the Sudan scam, slapping jail terms and fines to three former chiefs of Nepal Police- Om Bikram Rana, Hem Bahadur Gurung and Ramesh Chand Thakuri-on Sunday.
The Sudan scam is a notorious incident of embezzlement in the purchase of the logistics for the Nepal Police mobilized in the UN Mission in Sudan.
A division bench of Chief Justice Sushila Karki and Justice Bishwambhar Shrestha slapped Rana with an imprisonment for two years and Rs 50,000 fine, while Gurung and Thakuri have been awarded one year imprisonment and Rs 40,000 fine each.
Similarly, former police inspectors Dipak Kumar Shrestha and Rabindra Pratap Rana got six months’ jail term and Rs 30,000 fine each; and Syam Singh Thapa and Dipak Singh Sangden got one year imprisonment and Rs 40,000 fine each.
The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) had accused them of embezzlement in the purchase of logistics needed for Nepal Police deputed in the UN Peace Mission in Sudan.
With this charge, the CIAA had registered a corruption case at the Special Court on 28 May 2011.
The charge sheet CIAA filed had mentioned that the high level officials of Nepal Police and the contractors worked in collusion while planning for the purchase of logistics, bidding process and payment thereby causing the of Rs 288.16 million to the government. RSS
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