OAG advises CIAA to probe ex-commissioner Pathak
KATHMANDU, Feb. 19 -- Confusion over whether or not to initiate investigations into Raj Narayan Pathak, who resigned as a commissioner of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority last week, has been cleared with the Office of the Attorney General, the apex legal advisory body to the government, advising the anti-graft watchdog go ahead with such a probe. Pathak had resigned from the CIAA rather then face impeachment over allegations of involvement in a multi-million rupee bribery case.
A team of legal experts led by Attorney General Agni Kharel on Monday advised the CIAA to go ahead and establish Pathak's culpability in the corruption case. Confused over the legal basis for investigating and suing its own commissioner , the...
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