Apr 06, Kathmandu - A case has been filed against Jhalak Sharma Poudel, an accounting officer at the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development and Transport Management of Gandaki Province, for money laundering.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed a case against him on Monday. Ganesh Bahadur Adhikari, the commission's assistant spokesperson, informed that Poudel had illegally earned Rs 25.864 million.

The Commission has also filed a case against Jamuna Kumari Roka Chhetri, Hari Prasad Poudel and Shanti Darai, along with his wife Huma Kumari Upadhyay, who helped him hide the amount he earned.

Upadhyay has been asked to pay Rs 22.3 million, Roka Chhetri Rs 16.3 million and Poudel and Darai Rs 13.8 million.