The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), the antigraft body, on Tuesday filed a case in the Special Court against former joint secretary Arun Kumar Ranjitkar for amassing Rs 31.967 million while he was in the government job.

The anti-graft body sought a two-year jail sentence for him along with a fine worth the amount he has embezzled, reports said.

Ranjitkar is reported to be absconding following the CIAA’s move.

Similarly, the antigraft body filed another case at the Special Court Tuesday against an employee of the Agricultural Development Bank Bodh Raj Poudel for forwarding fake academic certificates for promotion. Poudel -a resident of Chitwan district- submitted fake Indian certificate for the purpose.

Poudel is automatically suspended from service. Moreover, as per the existing law, he will face a fine of Rs 10,000-20,000 and 6 months to 1 year imprisonment .

The CIAA has so far filed cases against 175 persons on corruption charges presenting fake certificates of academic qualifications for various purposes.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court (SC), responding to habeas corpus challenging the jurisdiction of the CIAA to detain a person, said the anti-graft body has authority to detain a person if one fails or refuses to pay bail amount.

The habeas corpus was filed at the apex court seeking release of businessmen Suresh Kumar Agrawal, Subodh Kumar Agrawal, Narayan Kumar Agrawal and Krishna Kumar Agrawal currently detained in the ward police office. They were detained for refusing the bail amount.

From now, the CIAA can detain anyone for six months in suspicion or connection with corruption cases.