Kathmandu, April 14 -- The 56th annual audit report of the Office of Auditor General has exposed dubious accounting practices by 11 firms and four hospitals that were involved in the emergency rescue and treatment of foreigners and has asked the concerned department to conduct further investigation and take action against them.

The audit report released on Friday said that the government probe committee had pointed out that one company had conducted 1,130 rescue operations from January 2015 to May 2018 and earned Rs113.2 million from the services. However, the Inland Revenue Office, Balaju record shows that company had not made any transaction in recent years but still earned a hospital income of Rs47 million in the fiscal year 2016-17. ...