The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) caught an official of the Malepatan-based Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Pokhara, red-handed with bribe on Tuesday.

According to the anti-graft constitutional body, electrical foreman Ishwor Prasad Subedi was arrested while he was receiving Rs 25,000 kickback from a service seeker.

The CIAA Pokhara Regional Office said that Subedi had taken the money to install three phase electric meter box.