Appeal to Supreme Court against 17 people including Bhim Upadhyay in Melamchi corruption
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Media Baaji
- Mon, 15 December 2025
Kathmandu. The Abuse of Authority Investigation Commission has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against Dr. Sanjay Sharma, Secretary of the Ministry of Water Supply, who was acquitted by a special court in connection with corruption in the Melamchi water supply project. The commission said that the authority filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against 17 people including the then chairman of the Melamchi Water Supply Development Committee and secretaries of the Ministry of Water Supply Bhimprasad Upadhyay, Gajendra Kumar Thakur, the then board member of the Melamchi Water Supply Development Committee Rudrasinh Tamang, the then board member Mukunda Prasad Paudel.
Bhojvikram Thapa, who signed the agreement between the government and the Zenji protestors on behalf of the Genji Martyr's family, has been made an opponent in the appeal made to the Supreme Court today for review of the verdict.
In February 2080, the authority filed a case in the special court regarding Melamchi project corruption. In the corruption case, a fine and imprisonment of Rs.
After the acquittal by the special court, the authority went to the Supreme Court. As the special court gave a partial acquittal from the judgment of August 16, 2081, an appeal petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Sunday.
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