Kathmandu, May 19 -- The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a fresh corruption case against former executive director of the National Information Technology Centre (NITC) Sunil Paudel and four others, alleging serious irregularities in a 2019 procurement of IT equipment.

The case, filed at the Special Court on Monday, seeks to recover Rs579 million in losses allegedly caused to the state.

Also named in the indictment are Ramesh Pokharel (then assistant director), Ramsharan Gayak (computer engineer), Nim Bahadur Wali (accounts officer), and Akbar Husain, CEO of Max International Pvt Ltd-the private company that supplied the equipment in question.

According to the CIAA's charge sheet, the defendants collu...