KATHMANDU:- The government has formed a four-member commission to investigate the property of political and high-level government officials in the period of the last 20 years, since 2062/63BS to 2082/83BS.

The Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday decided to form the commission under the coordination of former Supreme Court judge Rajendra Kumar Bhandari. The commission would collect details on the property of those public officials- politicos and bureaucrats- and launch an investigation accordingly.

Members of the commission are former judges Chandiraj Dhakal and Purushottam Parajuli, former Deputy Inspector General of Nepal Police, Ganesh KC, and a chartered accountant, Prakash Lamsal.

Earlier, on March 27, the government formed under Balendra Shah’s premiership had decided to form the probe commission within two weeks. Even no 43 of the 100-point governance reform plan had included this matter.

It had been mentioned that a high-powered panel would be formed under the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers in a bid to end impunity and corruption by launching a probe into the propriety of the high-level public officials.

The investigation would be conducted based on legal criteria and evidence. Recommendations of the investigation would be forwarded to the concerned bodies for their enforcement. RSS