KATHMANDU:-  A corruption case worth Rs 3.20 million has been filed against Deepak Thapa, the then marketing officer of DMC Travels Pvt. Ltd. Pokhara.

According to Suresh Neupane, spokesperson for the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority, it has been revealed that the plaintiff Nepal Government, including the defendant Tirtharaj Bhattarai, committed corruption by accepting bribes and that Deepak Thapa, who was presented as a government witness in a money laundering case, made adverse statements.

According to the commission, it has been confirmed that Thapa was sending people abroad on visit visas by arranging for them to be sent abroad. When it was revealed that Thapa was sending people abroad on visit visas by registering the names of the passengers at the airport immigration shortly before their departure, and that he was handling hotel booking documents and dollar exchange work through his own company.

The commission stated that a charge sheet was filed against Thapa in the Special Court, Kathmandu on Tuesday, demanding punishment of Rs. 3.02 million under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2059 BS.