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Kathmandu,Saturday January 22, 2000 Magh 08th, 2056.
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Court
rules to expedite case on Chase Air scandal
-By
a Post Reporter
KATHMANDU,
Jan 21 - Patan Appellate Court today decided to expedite the case
against former Chairperson of Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation
HongKong Rana for his alleged involvement in a scandal related to
contract with Chase Air, an American company.
Last
year, advocate Tika Ram Bhattarai had filed a case at the Commission
for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) against Rana’s
alleged involvement in the multi-million scandal. The Chase Air had
signed a contract with RNAC and received 7,83,725 US Dollars for lease
of a Boeing 757. However, RNAC never received the airliner.
CIAA
then lodged the case at the Patan Appellate Court charging Rana and
two of his associates Achyut Gautam and Gajendra Mani Pradhan for
abuses of their respective positions. CIAA had also urged the court to
keep them on police custody for necessary proceedings.
The
Bench comprising of Justices Ramji Prasad Tripathi and Govind Bahadur
Shrestha today decided to expedite a case against Rana with Rs 800
thousand as security. The bench also decided to expedite hearing
against Gautam with Rs 20,000 security.
Advocates
Yuv Raj Sangraula, Lok Bhakta Rana, Krishna Sapkota and Borna Bahadur
Karki defended the case for the alleged offenders. “We demanded the
release of our clients on date as half the sum has been recovered and
the rest were likely to be returned through a bank guarantee,” said
Sangraula.
According
to Sangraula, 3,81 thousand US dollars have been returned to RNAC and
4,10 thousand US dollars worth bank guarantee has been received
through Singapore-based Skyline Aviation Services.
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