Kathmandu, June 23 -- The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Sunday filed a corruption case at the Special Court against 16 individuals, including Milan Kumar Thapa, member secretary of the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT), in connection with procurement irregularities related to the electric crematorium project.

According to CIAA, the accused colluded to embezzle over Rs103.3 million by deliberately inflating costs and violating public procurement rules in the purchase and installation of cremation machines at the electric crematorium at Pashupati, Aryaghat.

The anti-graft body submitted its charge sheet to the Special Court in Kathmandu, claiming that the PADT officials and two companies-Apple Engineer...