KATHMANDU, April 8: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against Saroj Bhattarai, the chief planning engineer of the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT), for allegedly buying land in his mother's name with bribe money.

KATHMANDU, March 31: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a case against Bishal Pandit, a medical supplies dealer, at the Special Court on Sunday for alleged irregularities in the purchase of medical supplies.

Many assert that Nepal is a 'paradise' of corruption, making corruption and Nepal synonymous at this time. Such a situation could have been avoided with proper action against corruption.

After any criminal incident or activity, an investigation is conducted to ascertain its truth, punish the culprits, and take precautions to prevent such incidents from happening again in the future. The government bodies entrusted to carry out such investigations vary from country to country. In Nepal, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) is the main body primarily responsible for investigating corruption and recommending necessary action.

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has come under scrutiny for allegedly filing cases just for the sake of popularity. The commission is in the limelight for initiating numerous cases without substantial evidence and conducting weak investigations.

KATHMANDU, Nov 28:  A complaint has been filed at the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) that the educational certificates of some senior officers of the Nepali Army are fake.

KATHMANDU, Nov 3: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has issued a 22-point directive to the government bodies for scientific and objective budget making with proper planning and prioritization of projects so that limited resources in the country would be leveraged most and high gains would be ensured.

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has apprehended an engineer accused of soliciting a bribe from a service user.

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed cases against nine individuals including high-profile government officials accused of being involved in misappropriation of Rs 232.70 million while procuring the software related to the National Payment Gateway (NPG).

ITAHARI, Oct 1: In a recent operation, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) apprehended two government employees of the Land Reform and Land Revenue Office in Inaruwa, Sunsari, on the charge of bribery. The incident occurred on Friday.

KATHMANDU, June 27: A team from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has reported a shortfall in the weight of the gold Jalhari installed at the sanctum sanctorum of the Pashupatinath temple. According to the commission, the expected weight should have been 107.76 kg, but upon weighing, only 107.4687 kg was found.

KATHMANDU, June 26: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has initiated a probe into the Jalhari controversy surrounding the Pashupatinath Temple.

KATHMANDU, June 24: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case at the special court against the former office Chief of the Transport Management Office in Dhangadhi.

KATHMANDU, June 20: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has taken legal action against Madhukar Prasad Rajbhandari, a former director general of the Department of Water Resources and Irrigation, for allegedly accumulating wealth from undisclosed sources. A case has been filed against Rajbhandari at the Special Court in Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, May 28: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) is carrying out investigations into the complaints received on misappropriations on installation of Jalahari (sanctum sanctorum) in the Pashupatinath Temple.

KATHMANDU, May 8: The construction of the Kalanki-Balkhu road, which has been halted as the project is being investigated by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), has moved forward.

RAUTAHAT, May 6: While smuggling has reached its peak in Rautahat with the connivance of the customs officials, Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) is investigating the head of the Gaur Customs Office on charges of smuggling.

KATHMANDU, April 16: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against government officials including Bikal Poudel, executive director of Security Printing Center (SPC), at the Special Court on charges of corruption.

KATHMANDU, April 16: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has initiated an investigation into suspected irregularities in the Kalanki-Balkhu road project. Earlier, the road department and Kathmandu road division had demolished the service lane of Kalanki-Balkhu road which was in good condition and proceeded with the repair.

KALIKOT, April 3: Irregularities have been found in the construction of a hi-tech nursery built at the cost of millions of rupees in Koregaon located in Raskot Municipality-3 of Kalikot.

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed graft cases against 17 individuals at the special court on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Contractor Bikram Pandey, who was acquitted in a case filed against him at the Special Court on charges of corruption in the national pride Sikta irrigation project, has become the urban development minister.

KATHMANDU, Jan 13: The Special Court has sentenced Raj Narayan Pathak, the former commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), and a college administrator Lambodar Neupane, who bribed Pathak, to three years in jail and Rs 3.9 million in fine.

KATHMANDU, Jan 6: The Supreme Court has asked the government why it shouldn’t scrap the legal provision that prevents the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), the constitutional anti-corruption watchdog, from investigating the policy decisions taken by the Council of Ministers.

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: A complaint was filed at the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) against the officials of the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday, accusing the officials of committing corruption by acquiring illegal assets.

NEPALGUNJ, Dec 12: The Nepalgunj-based office of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has registered more complaints related to corruption from the local levels.

KATHMANDU, Nov 18: The Election Commission (EC) has sought clarification from the chief of Chhipaharmai Rural Municipality and the chief administrative officer for appointing teachers in violation of the Election Code of Conduct.

JANAKPURDHAM, Nov 4: A team of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested Senior Sub Inspector Devaki Lal Chaudhary of the Border Police Station Jatahi in Dhanusha along with bribe money.

KATHMANDU, Sept 24: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against six people for transferring the ownership of public land to the name of individuals.

KATHMANDU, Sept 22: Even as corruption has been on the rise in Nepal, the cases registered by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority are becoming weaker. Of the cases registered by the Authority (CIAA) at the Special Court in the financial year 2078/079, corruption was proved in only about 39 percent cases. The Special Court has acquitted many corruption-accused, citing lack of enough evidence.

KATHMANDU, Sept 3: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a charge sheet against five people including the then chief of the Land and Water Resources Management Office, Jumla, Sher Bahadur Shrestha, for embezzling funds by selling wire netting meant for embankment construction.

KATHMANDU, June 7: The annual reports of four different constitutional commissions were tabled in the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament today.

JANAKPUR, April 11: A team from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested the chief of Dhanusha Land Revenue Office, Sunil Kumar Jha, on the charge of taking a bribe early today.

KATHMANDU, Feb 21: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a case against Binod Kumar Yadav, the then lab in-charge of Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center, Bansbari, Kathmandu, accusing him of committing corruption by preparing counterfeit PCR reports.

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a case at the Special Court on Wednesday against former captain of the Nepali national football team Hari Khadka for taking a job in the Nepal Police by submitting fake educational qualification certificates.

KATHMANDU, Nov 29: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a charge sheet against the headmaster and the accountant of Anirudra Public Secondary School of Yasodhara Rural Municipality in Kapilvastu for embezzling Rs 782,651 from the schools' funds.

KATHMANDU, Nov 15: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has presented its annual report for the fiscal year 2077-78 BS (2020-21) before President Bidya Devi Bhandari.

NEPALGUNJ, Sept 28: Both the Ministry of Irrigation and the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) have formed separate probe committees to investigate into the irregularities in the multi-billion rupees Sikta Irrigation Project. It has already been a month and a half since the two committees returned to Kathmandu after conducting their investigations at the project site. But their investigations are nowhere near conclusion.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has begun interrogating project chiefs, engineers and employees who worked for the Sikta Irrigation Project, a project of national pride, since its inception.