Kathmandu, Feb. 16 -- Raj Narayan Pathak, a commissioner at the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority, resigned from his post on Friday after being embroiled in a controversy for allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs7.8 million to settle a dispute regarding an engineering college.

The President's Office confirmed in a statement that Pathak submitted his resignation to President Bidya Devi Bhandari as per Article 238 (4A) of the constitution.

Amid reports that lawmakers from the ruling parties were preparing to register an impeachment motion against Pathak, he had reached the President's Office at around 11am on Friday to tender his resignation, according to officials at Sheetal Niwas.

"After the President accepted his resignat...