The Special Court on Monday handed down its verdict in Teramocs Procurement Scam by convicting the then Chairman of Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) Digambar Jha on the charge of corruption.
A bench of Special Court judges Hemanta Rawal, Dilliratna Shrestha and Umesh Koirala convicted the then NTA Chairman Jha and members Dhanraj Gyawali and Tika Upreti on the charge of their involvement in corruption, Court's Information Office Parbati Hitan said.
All three convicted ones have been fined Rs 50,000 and the six months of jail sentence. For Jha, the court ordered six more months of jail sentence.
However, 17 other individuals including former Minister for Communications Mohan Bahadur Basnet were acquitted of the charges.
The then NTA Chairman Purushottam Khanal, directors Dipesh Acharya, Achyutananda Mishra, Surendra Lal Hada and other officials, suppliers and the local agent of the company were also acquitted of the charges.
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