The commission formed to investigate the excesses of the erstwhile Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) started its work from Monday.

Chairman of the commission, former judge of the Patan Appellate Court Madhav Prasad Ojha, told reporters at the commission’s office in Baneshwor, Kathmandu, that those coming under the periphery of inquiry would be summoned for questioning and that recommendation would be sent to the government for action against those found guilty of harassing the political leaders, businesspersons and government officials as part of political vendetta exacted by then government under the chairmanship of King Gyanendra.

The government had formed the five-member commission two weeks earlier, giving it a 35 days timeframe to submit its recommendations on the RCCC’s actions.

Other members of the commission are: Chitra Dev Joshi, Bijay Kumar Singh, Ram Prasad Poudel and Baburam Regmi (member secretary). The commission’s office has been set up at the Birendra International Convention Centre in Baneshwor where the RCCC had its office.

The Ojha commission has been mandated to hear complaints, summon the suspected persons and recommend for the legal actions to those found guilty.

Formed during the direct rule of King Gyanendra, the RCCC acting as a semi-judicial body had slapped jail sentence and fines to scores of political leaders including former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (Democratic) president Sher Bahadur Deuba, businesspersons and government officials.

The RCCC headed by former home secretary Bhakta Bahadur Koirala was later dissolved through a Supreme Court order.