Nepali anti-graft panel charges top leaders
An anti-graft body appointed by Nepal's King Gyanendra Monday charged several senior politicians with fraud in government contract deals that could lead to millions of dollars in fines and jail, a commission spokesman said.
"The royal commission has formally charged ex-premier Sher Bahadur Deuba, ex-minister Prakash Man Singh and four other officials with involvement in irregularities and asked them to pay a sum of 370.6 million rupees (5.2 million dollars)," spokesman Prem Raj Karki said.
"In the charge sheets, the investigation official has asked them to be jailed for 10 years and deposit the amount involved in the case," Karki said.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "They will be produced again before the commission for the hearing on the case. They have been sent to further detention," he said.
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