The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested assistant manager at Bardibas branch of Rastriya Banijya Bank while accepting bribe from a service seeker on Monday.

A team of CIAA from the Bardibas office caught red-handed assistant manager Jagdish Prasad Kafle while taking Rs 50,000 as commission from a client for sanctioning a loan of one million rupees from the bank under the Youth Self-employment Programme, Bardibas CIAA Chief Sushil Singh Rathaur.

Kafle was receiving the amount as commission for facilitating in providing Rs 1 million loan at subsidied interest to Bardibas Municipality-9-based Ranjana Cow Farm under the youth self-employment programme. Kafle was receiving five percent of the loan amount for his assistance in securing the loan.

Bardibas CIAA Chief Rathaur informed that Kafle has been detained for investigation.