KATHMANDU, April 25: Bikram Pandey, a leader of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party and former minister, has been arrested over alleged unauthorized access to the government’s electronic procurement system and tampering with tender details.
The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police took him into custody on Friday.
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This is not his first brush with the law. On December 7, 2018, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed a corruption case at the Special Court against Pandey and 20 others, citing irregularities in the canal construction of the Sikta Irrigation Project—a national pride project.
At the time, Pandey was released after posting a bail of Rs 40 million.
