KATHMANDU, Jan. 5 -- Retired top officials of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) have said the government should have included at least one civil aviation expert in the judicial commission it formed to probe the controversial purchase of two widebody aircraft.

The government on Thursday formed a three-member commission headed by retired chief judge Govinda Prasad Parajuli to probe the scam. The other two on the commission are retired deputy attorney general Narendra Prasad Pathak and chartered accountant Madan Sharma. The commission is required to submit a report to the government within 45 days.

Rajeshraj Dali, a former director general of CAAN, said that the selection of the members of a probe body should depend on the task ...