Kathmandu. A corruption case has been filed against 14 people, including former Finance Minister Gyanendra Bahadur Karki. The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against Karki and 14 others on the charge of corruption in the construction of Pokhara Airport.

A case has been filed against the contractors claiming Rs 3.62 billion 522,160 for their involvement in misappropriation by giving revenue exemption to the contractors.

The anti-graft body has filed corruption case against former finance minister Karki, former finance secretary Shankar Prasad Adhikari, tourism secretary Maheshwor Neupane, former joint secretaries Suresh Acharya and Dundu Raj Ghimire, former joint secretary Kewal Bhandari, former director general of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) Sanjeev Gautam, former director general Pradip Adhikari, under-secretary Yubaraj Pandey, section officer Urmila Bhandari and engineer Yogesh Aryal.