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In the radio interview last month, Upadhyaya had said the people holding high positions or possessing huge money are in jail for six months or so, is it not their insult? Upadhyaya further claimed that now people know more about CIAA and this is a good sign.
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CIAA chief’s ‘pro-insult’ remarks flayed; hearing to continue
KOL Report
KATHMANDU, Dec 31 - The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) was out to destroy the reputation of an individual and institution in the name of investigation, the Special Court was told Monday.
Pleading on behalf of former Minister for Information and Communications Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta in the case related to the grant of licence and alleged irregularity in returning ‘security bond’ to Kantipur Television (KTV), senior advocate Harihar Dahal said that CIAA chief believed that insulting individual was his motto and measure of success in the drive against corruption. He submitted to the Court an audiocassette and a text of the interview given by CIAA chief Surya Nath Upadhyaya to a radio service to drive home his point.
In the radio interview last month, Upadhyaya had said the people holding high positions or possessing huge money are in jail for six months or so, is it not their insult? Upadhyaya further claimed that now people know more about CIAA and this is a good sign.
Dahal took objection against Upadhyaya’s remarks saying that it was out to play with people’s reputation.
Delving into the case, he said that the withdrawal of bid bond has not incurred any loss to the government and public property. “Since it has incurred no loss to the government, it should not be the case what the CIAA has claimed,” Dahal said.
He also said that the licence does not mention the term of “security bond” and it is a bid bond so Gupta committed no crime in giving the bond back to the KTV,” Dahal said.
However, Chief Judge Top Bahadur Magar asked Dahal whether the licence holds its validity when it does not mention the condition, which was required before receiving it.
Dahal replied, “The government might have trusted KTV and it mentioned only bid bond in the licence,” Dahal said. The hearing is to continue Tuesday. (yo)
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