The arrest of Kanak Mani Dixit by the CIAA has brought into lime light the issue of Foreign Aid money and the manipulation in terms of managing and utilization of foreign Aid.
The CIAA recently arrested Kanak for amassing property and money by abusing his authority through his organization. His role during the Jana Andolan 2063 and lobbying secularism in the country was a well conceptualized strategy of the western world who wanted Christianity to be established in the country. He was backed by various agencies and embassies where the various transactions proves his involvement in the process of making the political scenario volatile.
According to a press release issued by CIAA, “He was taken into custody by the Commission as per the legal provision of Section 19(1C) of the CIAA Act, 1991. As he committed activities against the law and obstructed the investigation process. He has been summoned for amassing property and money by abusing the public authority and for depositing sums in domestic and foreign banks in various family members. Investigation have revealed that he has acquired an apartment in the US in Kanak’s wife Shanta’s Name at a cost of US$435,000 on 10 November 2010. Similarly, two accounts in CHASE Bank of the USA with $17,208.74 and while wife Shanta operates a separate account in HSBC Bank, UK, and two personal accounts in Apple Bank, USA, with deposit $ 68,926.48 and Pound Sterling 4,126.39, respectively have been reveled. Pound Sterling 27,638.88 were deposited in the two accounts of HSBC Bank, UK, in the name of Kanak Mani and Shanta Dixit. He further has not informed Nepal Rastra Bank about the transaction of $50,000 sent from HSBC London to Matrix TV Private Limited in the name of Kanak himself, his father Kamal Mani Dixit and Anju Dixit. Apart from that he possess 36,000 shares of Standard Chartered UK and jointly he and his wife have 120,000 shares of HSBC UK. The South Asia Trust chaired by Dixit has received Rs 11,12,49,435.96 on different dates from various foreign organisations of Switzerland, the USA and the Netherlands”
In December 2015, Dixit was summoned by CIAA for investigation of his income source where he challenged the CIAA move filing a writ petition which was cancelled by the Apex court.
what would you say to people like him who work as a journalist and work against the motive of development of people and country.
#kanakmanidixit is a smart man, I guess, Millions in foreign banks, millions in shares with the skin of a #Journalist Smart really smart. He is the among the elite group of people who have power, money and backup.
If he is guilty, he should be brought by the book.