The CIAA had indicted 34 police officials, both incumbent and retired. The decision came under fire from various quarters as even junior police officers, who had participated in the decision to procure the APCs and other logistics acting on chain-of-command compulsion, were not spared. [break]
The court verdict has validated the criticism against the constitutional anti-graft body to some extent as only five defendants have been found guilty.
But CIAA Secretary Bhagawati Kafle, who is also its acting chief, has defended the decision to file the case against such a large number of police officers.
“The case has been established by conviction [of some of the defendants]. It is irrelevant who were convicted and who were acquitted,” said Kafle.
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