RAUTAHAT, May 18: Nepal Police and the Armed Police opened fire and seized 1,300 bags of chemical fertilizers under difficult circumstances, which were sold at half the market price by the Customs Office, Gaur.
Dhamendra Kumar Mishra, Chief District Officer of Rautahat has issued the auction promotion documents after increased criticism and displeasure that chemical fertilizers worth more than two million rupees were sold by Deputy non- gazetted first class official Rewati Rokka in collusion.
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According to CDO Mishra, the documents will be sent to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) for investigation as they are found to be flawed during the preliminary study.
Taking advantage of the fact that the head of the Customs Office, Gaur, was on vacation, non-gazetted first class official Rokka breached the rules and procedures and stopped those who wanted to participate in the auction and sold fertilizers worth more than two million rupees for one million two thousand rupees on the basis of economic manipulation.
Non-gazetted first class official Rokka of Customs Office, Gaur, said that he conducted the auction of the fertilizers completely according to the rules and procedures.
