Nepal, Aug. 10 -- The Special Court has ordered former finance minister and Nepali Congress (NC) leader Gyanendra Bahadur Karki to be released on Rs 1.5 million bail in a corruption case related to the construction of Pokhara International Airport.

Karki appeared before the Special Court on Monday for a detention hearing after the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a corruption case against him and others over alleged irregularities in the airport project.

A bench comprising Justices Narayan Prasad Paudel, Dilliratna Shrestha and Umesh Koirala issued the order.

The CIAA has sought recovery of Rs 3.625 billion, alleging that tax exemptions were granted to the contractor company in violation of the original ...