The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA; ne, अख्तियार दुरुपयोग अनुसन्धान आयोग) is an apex constitutional body for corruption control for the

Government of Nepal The Government of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल सरकार) is the federal executive authority of Nepal. Prior to the abolition of the Nepali monarchy in 2006 (became republic in 2008), it was officially known as His Majesty's Government. T ...

. The Constitution of Nepal has empowered CIAA to investigate and probe cases against the persons holding any public office and their associates who are indulged in the abuse of authority by way of corruption. As a constitutional body, the authority vested on CIAA are as per the Article 238 and 239 of the

Constitution of Nepal Constitution of Nepal 2015 ( ne, नेपालको संविधान २०७२) is the present governing Constitution of Nepal. Nepal is governed according to the Constitution which came into effect on 20 September 2015, replacing the ...

. Prem Kumar Rai is the Chief Commissioner of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority. Commissioners are Kishor Kumar Silwal, Jaya Bahadur Chand, Dr. Hari Poudel, Dr. Sumitra Shrestha Amatya. The Fundamental function of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) is to prevent corruption. The Commission is the only body to investigate, prosecute and bring actions against officials accused of corruption or maladministratio
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The CIAA will initiate investigations against all public officials if the complaint is made in writing or in the media or through any source related to allegations of

abuse of power Abuse is the improper usage or treatment of a thing, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, assault, violation, rape, unjust practices, crimes, or other t ...

History

Commissioner Raj Narayan Pathak resigned on February 15, 2019 after news reports of corruption surfaced about a Medical College License. The commission has sue a case against Pathak for the case. He is said to have taken 8.7 million rupees as

bribe Bribery is the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official, or other person, in charge of a public or legal duty. With regard to governmental operations, essentially, bribery is "Corru ...

to settle corruption claim in

Nepal Engineering College The Nepal Engineering College (nec) was established in 1994 as the first privately led not-for-profit social organization providing engineering education in Nepal and is the largest engineering college in terms annual student intake as well as in t ...

References

External links

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