Nepal Telecom former Managing Director Sunil Paudel sentenced to nine years in prison

The Special Court on Tuesday sentenced the then Managing Director of the Nepal Telecom Sunil Paudel to nine years in prison.

The bench of Special Court Chairman Tek Narayan Kunwar and member Murari Babu Shrestha handed down the sentence to Paudel in the National Payment Gateway case.

The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 230. 75 million on him.

Paudel was proven guilty in the corruption case on April 19.

Earlier, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority had filed a case at the Special Court against Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies Madhu Kumar Marasini, the then Secretary at the Ministry of Science and Technology and National Information Technology Center Chairman Sanjay Sharma, the then Executive Director of the National Information Technology Center Pranita Upadhyay, Managing Director of the Nepal Telecommunications Authority Sunil Paudel, the then Director at the National Information Technology Center  Safal Shrestha, the then Assistant Director at the National Information Technology Center Ramesh Pokharel, the then Account Officer at the National Information Technology Center Ram Bahadur Buda and Computer Engineer at the National Information Technology Center Ram Sharan Gayak on the charge of embezzling funds totaling Rs 232.75 million during the procurement of software for National Payment Gateway in 2018.