Nepal, Feb. 19 -- The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a corruption case against 17 people and entities, including three former secretaries, on the charge of irregularities in the Melamchi Water Supply Project.

The anti-graft body registered the case at the Special Court on Sunday.

Former secretaries Sanjay Sharma, Bhim Upadhyay and Gajendra Thakur have been named defendants in the chargesheet. All of them headed the Melamchi Water Supply Development Board during their respective tenures as secretary at the Ministry of Water Supply as its ex-officio chair.

A total of 17 defendants, other immediate board members of the board including Mukunda Prasad Paudel and Rudra Singh Tamang, then executive directors Ghan...