Kathmandu, March 7 -- Two Nepali officials, a foreign national, and three foreign companies have been found guilty in the 2018 Mobile Device Management System (MDMS) procurement deal by the Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA), the country's telecom regulator.

This verdict comes a year after Nepal's anti-graft body filed the case.

In 2018, the government decided to implement the MDMS to eliminate mobile imports from the grey market that hurt the government's revenue.

The bench of three justices, led by Special Court Chairman Tek Narayan Kunwar and members Ritendra Thapa and Bidur Koirala, delivered the verdict on Thursday.

The deal caused the government a loss of Rs232 million, said Yagya Raj Regmi, spokesperson for the Special Cou...