Nepal, March 7 -- The Special Court convicted two former chairpersons of the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) in a corruption case related to the procurement of the Mobile Device Management System (MDMS) but acquitted the other accused employees.

On Thursday, a joint bench of Judges Tek Narayan Kunwar, Ritesh Thapa, and Bidur Koirala found former chairpersons Digambar Jha and Purushottam Prasad Khanal guilty in the embezzlement case. The court ruled that they committed offenses under Section 8, Subsection (1), Clauses (a), (d), and (j) of the Corruption Prevention Act, 2002. Additionally, the court convicted the company that secured the contract.

The Special Court ordered a one-year prison sentence and a fine of Rs 58.15 milli...