Kathmandu, April 19 -- The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority has given five international firms involved in supplying two wide-body Airbus A330 jets to Nepal one more week to appear before the anti-graft agency. They had failed to appear before the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority even after a fifteen-day summons notice was issued on March 27. The jet purchase deal ran into controversy following which a corruption case was filed at the anti-graft agency.

On March 27, the apex constitutional body for corruption control issued a public notice asking the firms-Hi Fly X Ireland Limited, Dublin; AAR International Inc, USA; German Aviation Capital GMBM, Frankfurt; Hi Fly-Transporte Aereos [Hi Fly Airlines], L...