KATHMANDU, July 7: The Special Court on Monday handed down its verdict in the Teramocs Procurement Scam by convicting the then Chairman of the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), Digambar Jha, on the charge of corruption.
A bench of Special Court judges Hemanta Rawal, Dilliratna Shrestha and Umesh Koirala convicted the then NTA Chairman Jha and members Dhanraj Gyawali and Tika Upreti on the charge of their involvement in corruption, the Court's Information Officer, Parbati Hitan, said.
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All three convicted individuals have been fined Rs 50,000 and given a six-month jail sentence. For Jha, the court ordered six more months of jail.
However, 17 other individuals, including former Minister for Communications Mohan Bahadur Basnet, were acquitted of the charges.
The then NTA Chairman Purushottam Khanal, directors Dipesh Acharya, Achyutananda Mishra and Surendra Lal Hada, and other officials, suppliers and the local agent of the company were also acquitted of the charges.
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