Kathmandu, April 5 -- Nepal's anti-graft body on Thursday completed its five-year-long probe into the $209.6-million Airbus deal, the largest ever in Nepal's aviation history, concluding that the procurement of two wide-body Airbus A330 jets by Nepal Airlines Corporation has caused a loss of Rs1.47 billion ($13.38 million) to the government.

The loss was computed based on the exchange rate at the time of the payment of the last instalment in 2018.

On Thursday, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a case against 32 individuals at the Special Court for their alleged involvement in corruption in the April 2017 Airbus A330s deal, commonly known as the 'wide-body scam'.

The first of the two wide-body aircr...