Former Minister Mohan Bahadur Basnet and 16 Others Face Corruption Case Hearing

Kathmandu. The corruption case against former minister Mohan Bahadur Basnet and 16 others in the Terramax technology procurement scandal is scheduled for hearing today, kept 'under consideration'. The hearing is being conducted by a special court bench comprising judges Hemant Rawal, Dilliratra Shrestha, and Umesh Koirala.

The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority had demanded a claim of 3 kharba 51 arab rupees against former minister Basnet and 16 others. Former minister Mohan Bahadur Basnet is accused of making a decision to procure Terramax technology directly on his proposal without any study. He had decided to procure a suitable system for international call monitoring and VoIP control in the budget and program approval process of the autonomous Nepal Telecommunications Authority.