BARA , Dec 18: Tara Karki, ward chairman of Jitpur Simara Sub-Metropolitan City-3, was arrested red-handed with bribe money on Monday.
Karki was arrested by the Hetauda office of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) while accepting a bribe of Rs 500,000 from a local businessman at a sweets store in Jitpur.
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Umakant Acharya, head of CIAA Hetauda, confirmed that the ward chairman of Jitpur Simara Sub-Metropolitan-3 was arrested while accepting bribes.
Karki was elected as the ward chairman from UML.
