The Special Court on Monday has summoned the suspended Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), Bijay Nath Bhattarai to appear before the court within 15 days to submit his statement regarding the corruption case filed against him by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).
A bench of justices Bhupdhoj Adhikari, Komal Nath Sharma and Cholendra Shumsher Rana had given the order.
According to the CIAA charge-sheet, Bhattarai has been "at large" ever since the CIAA filed a corruption case against him last Friday.
In the meantime, the court has freed co-accused NRB Executive Director Surendra Man Pradhan on a bail of Rs. 50,000. He was in CIAA custody since Friday.
According to the CIAA, Bhattarai and Pradhan have been accused of embezzling Rs 24.5 million in terminating the contract of the consultant in the Rs 195 million Financial Sector Reforms Programme run with foreign aid.
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