Nepal, March 16 -- Former Director General of the Department of Revenue, Jhalakram Adhikari, who had previously slipped through scrutiny in the gold smuggling scandal, is now in the crosshairs of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).

The CIAA has filed a case against Adhikari at the Special Court, accusing him of taking a Rs 7 million bribe. Alongside Adhikari, three others have been charged with bribery and money laundering.

According to the CIAA, Adhikari allegedly accepted Rs 7 million from Shrikrishna Shrestha Bijju, director of HK Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., in return for facilitating an investigation into revenue leakage.

Two years ago, Adhikari had been implicated in a 60-kilogram gold smuggling case. At ...