Former immigration officer booked for corruption

Kathmandu, June 30

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority today filed a charge-sheet at the Special Court against Lalit Kumar Jha, a nayab subba (non-gazetted first class officer), an ex-immigration officer of Tribhuvan International Airport, for allegedly accumulating disproportionate assets worth around Rs 15.7 million.

The anti-graft body had launched a thorough investigation into a complaint registered with the CIAA in connection with illegal assets of Jha. Though Jha had been working at TIA when the CIAA received a complaint against him, he was later transferred to Bardibas-based Area Administration Office, Mahottari.

Jha had joined the public service as a mukhiya (non-gazetted third class officer) on 1 July 1983. An investigation by the CIAA shows that he earned cash and property valued at around Rs 22.8 million from 1 July, 1983 to mid-June, 2019.The amount includes his salary, allowance, shares at financial institutions and land.

Besides the amount Jha earned from legitimate sources, the CIAA report states that he and his wife Suchita Devi Nepal had spent or invested more than Rs 38.5 million during the period.

The disproportionate amount was invested in land, house, vehicle, study of children and as shares in financial institutions. Joint Secretary Pradeep Kumar Koirala, the CIAA spokesperson said Jha had failed to disclose and establish the source of disproportionate assets equivalent to around Rs 15.7 million.

According to the CIAA, Jha had earned Rs 15.7 million illegally as he could not establish its legitimate sources.

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