Kathmandu, June 1 -- The Special Court on Monday ordered former Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara to furnish bail of Rs100,000 in a corruption case linked to the high-profile vape gold smuggling scandal.

A division bench of judges Sudarshan Dev Bhatta and Bidur Koirala issued the order after Mahara appeared before the court.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) had filed the corruption case on April 9 against 28 individuals and a company, naming Mahara, his son Rahul Mahara, joint secretary Arun Pokharel and others as defendants.

The anti-graft body has accused the defendants of colluding with a Chinese smuggling network to bring gold concealed inside electronic cigarettes and facilitating the clearance of the...