Judge arrested while taking bribe

March 23, 2005
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Birendra Kumar Karna, the judge of Pyuthan District Court, was arrested red-handed while accepting bribe Wednesday.

According to state-owned Radio Nepal, an investigating officer and the chief district officer of Pyuthan, Ram Prasad Ghimire, found him accepting Rs.20,000 bribe. The report gave no details of the matter.

Karna will be presented at the headquarters of the Royal Commission for Control of Corruption at Naya Baneshwor within 24 hours.

This is for the first time a judge has been arrested since the formation of the commission last month. The RCCC has been given judicial authority equal to that of the Special Court. nepalnews.com mbk Mar 23 05