Kathmandu, March 22 -- graft body on Sunday filed a corruption case at the Special Court against 21 individuals, including two Chinese officials, alleging the misappropriation of Rs461.5 million during the construction of Pokhara International Airport.

This marks the third corruption case linked to the Chinese-funded airport project in Pokhara.

According to the charge sheet filed by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), a provisional sum of $2.8 million allocated under the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for consultancy services was supposed to be used strictly for that purpose, with any unspent amount deducted from the contract price.

However, the defendants allegedly bypassed this...