KATHMANDU, July 31: Former chairman of the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) Bhupendra Bhandari has been arrested in connection with the Smart Cell scam case.
The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police arrested Bhandari from Dhapakhel in Lalitpur Metropolitan City-23, according to police.
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Bhandari has been accused of causing financial losses to the state by facilitating the sale of Smart Cell’s assets.
He was appointed as the NTA chairman while serving as an expert adviser at the secretariat of then Minister for Communication and Information Technology Rekha Sharma.
