Forest officer held with bribe

Galeswor : The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Thursday held an employee of Division Forest Office with bribe.

The team deputed from the anti-graft watchdog body caught Assistant Forest Officer Raj Kumar Thakur of the Division Forest Office red-hand while he was receiving bribe of Rs 34,000 from a service recipient.

Thakur took bribe from the service seeker promising to settle a case related to timber.
According to CIAA Pokhara office, Thakur was held acting on a tip off that he received bribe from a service seeker for settling the timber related case. RSS