Case Registered Against Former CAAN Director General and Two Others

A case has been filed against three individuals, including the chief of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Prem Kumar Rai, and other senior officials, for allegedly threatening to kill them. The police have registered the case against suspended Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) Director General Pradeep Adhikari, along with Prakash Pathak and Taraprasad Kharel.

The police located Pathak hiding in the Philippines and repatriated him to Nepal with the assistance of Interpol. On April 12 (29th Baisakh), Kathmandu, three individuals were charged with threatening to kill CIAA chief Prem Kumar Rai and other senior officials.

The police filed the case against three people, including suspended CAAN Director General Pradeep Adhikari. Prakash Pathak, residing in Temal-1, Kavre, and Taraprasad Kharel from Buddhashanti Rural Municipality-2, Jhapa, are the other accused. The police stated that they allegedly pressured CIAA chief Rai to resign by using the name of a terrorist organization called ‘EGN’ in a coordinated manner.

The investigation is ongoing with charges including illicit gains from crime, criminal conspiracy, violations of the Electronic Transactions Act, and offenses under the Organized Crime Act, among others.