KATHMANDU, March 20 -- CIAA asks payment details from DoTM

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has initiated an inquiry and has asked for payment details on the suspicion of financial irregularities amounting to billions of rupees in connection with the embossed number plate contract.

It is suspected that more than half of the Rs 4.79 billion contract was handled irregularly. Acting on a complaint regarding financial discrepancies, the CIAA wrote a letter to the Department of Transportation Management (DoTM) on February 13, seeking details on the payment of the contract amount.

On May 13, 2016, the government signed a contract with 'Decatur Tiger IT' company for the installation of embossed number plates o...