Kathmandu. The Chief Administrative Officer of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality, Bhojraj Ghimire, has been detained by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).

Keshav Silwal, information officer of the municipality, said that there will be no problem in the work of the municipality for a long time. A team of the anti-graft body arrested Ghimire near the Azima petrol pump in Nikosera, where the Tata EV car (Bagmati Province 01-035 Cha 2687) left the municipality from the municipality.

The anti-graft body arrested Bhuwan Dhungel and his wife, who were travelling in the car along with the driver, after suspicious cash was found during the inspection of the car. Rs 33 lakh was recovered from the car. The CIAA claimed that Chief Administrative Officer Ghimire took a bribe and gave it to Dhungel for management.

According to Section 84 of the Local Government Operation Act, 2074, the Chief Administrative Officer is the administrative head of the local level. He is responsible for running the day-to-day administration of the municipality, working as the secretary of the municipal assembly and the executive, implementing the decisions of the assembly and the executive, running the staff administration, and financial administration and budget implementation.

The law also states that the Chief Administrative Officer will be responsible for making the public services provided by the municipality effective, coordinating among the employees and protecting the movable and immovable properties of the municipality.