sirah A corruption case has been filed against seven people, including the then mayor of Siraha’s Golbazar Municipality, Devnath Sahu Teli.
The Abuse of Authority Investigation Commission has filed a case in the special court on Tuesday on the charge of causing damage to public property of more than 16 million rupees by irregularity in the haat bazaar contract in the municipality.
According to the Commission, the case was filed after an investigation was conducted based on the complaint of irregularities in the contracts related to the operation of Cattle Hat Bazaar, Goat Hat Bazaar and Goodri Hat Bazaar in the financial years 2077/78 and 2078/79.
In the financial year 2077/78, Golbazar municipality entrusted Birendra Kumar Yadav, a contractor of ward no.
The executive meeting of the municipality on July 4, 2078 decided to give a discount of 27 lakh 34 thousand 913 rupees on the revenue to be paid. Although there is a provision that exemptions can only be granted by the Municipal Assembly if there is a compelling situation to grant tax exemptions at the local level, it has been revealed by the authority’s investigation that the executive has decided to grant exemptions.
Similarly, it was decided to give the responsibility to the contractor directly in the deposit without competition from the meeting held on 14th July 2078. The authority alleges that the amount that should be collected from the contractor and deposited in the municipality’s reserve fund has not been recovered.
The Authority has filed a charge sheet against then Mayor Devnath Sahu Teli, Deputy Mayor Resham Kumari Tharu, then Chief Administrative Officer Sridhar KC and Anant Kumar Paudyal, then Acting Chief Administrative Officer Ram Narayan Mahato, then Revenue Branch Chief Dinesh Kumar Sahni and Haat Bazaar contractor Birendra Kumar Yadav.