RUPANDEHI, Feb. 9 -- The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Province 5 has come to the conclusion that there were irregularities in the purchase of vehicles by the provincial assembly and the provincial government.
A meeting of the committee held on Friday prepared the final report on the case claiming that the provincial government and the provincial assembly bought Tata Storme jeeps at a rate expensive than the market price.
According to the PAC, a total of Rs 37.86 million was embezzled while purchasing 11 such vehicles by the provincial assembly and four by the provincial government.
The PAC meeting comprising of provincial assembly members from the ruling and opposition parties had unanimously concluded that the cost of one such veh...