The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a charge-sheet against joint-secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Nagendra Prasad Ghimire, at the Special Court on Tuesday in connection with corruption.

The CIAA has claimed that he amassed property worth Rs 16,976,538 through illegal means and deposited it in his wife’s name.

The charge-sheet demanded that the amount be collected and fine imposed on Ghimire. The CIAA has also called for the imprisonment of Ghimire.

The CIAA said Ghimire and members of his family jointly own approximately Rs 2.4 million deposited in different banks, adding, the amount showed up after Ghimire became the director-general of the Department of Civil Aviation.