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Jajarkot forest officer caught red handed with bribe
Assistant officer of Jajarkot, Lal Babu Jha, was caught red-handed while taking bribe on Sunday by Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).bookmark
Published at : December 13, 2015
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Assistant officer of Jajarkot, Lal Babu Jha, was caught red-handed while taking bribe on Sunday by Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).
A team of CIAA Mid-Western Regional Office in Surkhet found Jha red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 48,000 from a service seeker during a raid at the District Forest Office.
He was taking the bribe with a promise to make recommendation for Initial Environmental Evaluation (IEE) and to issue a release documents for forest products.
CIAA Surkhet office’s Spokesperson Junga Bahadur Dangi said that Jha will be sent to Surkhet for further action.
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