A Judicial Inquiry Commission on Property (JICP) Tuesday rebutted a charge that its probe of assets of politicians and officials was suspicious and anti-democratic.

“The Commission is working according to the terms of reference that it has been given by the government,” a statement said. The Commission issued the rebuttal after former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala accused it of conspiring to stifle Nepal’s 12-year-old multi-party democracy at a public meeting Monday.

The Commission is probing the wealth of Koirala and other politicians and officials.