Kanak Mani Dixit, the Nepali editor arrested on Friday over corruption
charges, was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Bir Hospital in
Kathmandu on Saturday. Kunda Dixit, Kanak Mani Dixit’s brother,
confirmed the latter’s admittance to hospital to check uncontrolled
blood pressure and heart condition, The Himalayan Times reported.
Allegations of graft The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of
Authority (CIAA), which arrested Mr. Dixit, accuses the editor of
illegal accumulation of wealth. Diplomatic sources in Nepal told The
Hindu that there could be more arrests by the organisation which has
launched a war on corruption.
A press release issued by the CIAA’s spokesperson Krishnahari Pushkar
also accused Mr. Dixit of causing financial loss to Sajha Yatayat, the
cooperative public transport initiative that he heads. It stated that
Mr. Dixit, by using illegal means, had transferred ownership of real
estate belonging to Jagadamba Rana and the late Madan Shasher Rana,
famed celebrity figures from the Nepali royal family, to himself. The
arrest was the culmination of a legal and political tug of war which
began in December 2015 when the CIAA sent a show-cause notice to a group
of prominent Nepali citizens demanding the details of their income. Mr.
Dixit approached the Supreme Court of Nepal challenging the legality of
the decision, but had also submitted details to the CIAA on January 24.
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