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.
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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