Lawmaker Karki took bribe: Udasin's wife

KATHMANDU, Sept 2:  Brahmananda Udasin, an accomplice of CPN-UML lawmaker Dol Bahadur (DB) Karki, who has been in the police custody on charge of accepting bribe, has told the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) that Karki accepted Rs 100,000 from a youth assuring him a police inspector job.



Udasin´s wife had recorded statement on behalf of her husband at the CIAA, Thursday. CIAA investigating officers agreed to take statement from Udasin´s wife after he told CIAA that he was unable to record statement because he was blind. [break]



"That was the third time that Karki received Rs 100,000 in bribe from youths. He had already received Rs 100,000 as the first tranche and Rs 200,000 in the second tranche," a knowledgeable source at the CIAA quoted Udasin´s wife as saying during investigation.



Karki, 45, was sent to a 20-day judicial custody on Tuesday on the order of the Special Court.

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