KATHMANDU, Feb. 28 -- The Department of Transport Management (DoTM) suspects that there has been corruption amounting to around Rs 10 billion in the illegal issuance of driving licenses.

Uddhav Rijal, the department's director general, is suspicious of irregularities before he was transferred to the DoTM. It's been found that one individual paid over Rs 100,000 to obtain a license through improper means. Rijal said, "We have written to the police to look into the case of an individual who paid Rs 70,000."

According to Rijal, it appears that everyone paid at least Rs 40,000. "During our investigation, we found that those acquiring licenses illegally paid Rs 40,000 to the employees of the department," Rijal said.

It was found that the Do...