CIAA Chief Commissioner Prem Rai (left) submits the annual report of CIAA to President Ram Chandra Poudel on Monday.
KATHMANDU: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has submitted its 33rd Annual Report to President Ramchandra Paudel.
CIAA Chief Commissioner Prem Rai presented the annual report to the President amidst a ceremony organized at the Office of the President on Monday.
According to the report, the CIAA filed corruption cases against 766 individuals in 162 such cases in fiscal year 2022/23. Among the defendants, 622 are men, and 138 women. In the last fiscal year, a total of 20,905 complaints were received at CIAA through different channels. Most of the complaints were related to the local units which accounted for 35.95% of the total complaints received.
Likewise, altogether 18,799 complaints received in the last fiscal year were cleared from screening and preliminary investigation process. Of them, a thorough investigation was initiated on 1,333 complaints. Similarly, more than 8,000 complaints have been kept on hold while concerned institutions have been written for required actions on 9,645 complaints.
The CIAA registered 162 chargesheets at the Special Court in the last fiscal year. Of them, 64 were related to taking illegal benefits, 32 were related to bribery cases, 27 were related to the loss of public properties, and 13 were related to illegal income. Likewise, eight cases were related to fake academic certificates, seven were related to revenue leakage and 11 were other cases.
In total, CIAA made 766 people defendants in those cases and the anti-graft body has sought to recover Rs 177 billion from the accused.
