In a charge sheet filed at the court, the CIAA has accused CAN President Tanka Aangbuhang, along with other cricket officials, of embezzling millions of rupees meant for the construction of Mulpani cricket ground and for procuring cricket gears and disbursing daily allowances for cricketers.

CAN Vice-presidents Chatur Bahadur Chanda, Sunil Man Amatya and Binod Kumar Mainali, General Secretary Ashok Nath Pyakurel, Treasurer Raju Babu Shrestha, members Kiran Shumsher Rana, Thakur Pratap Pahadi and Purna Bahadur Lama stand accused of misappropriating state funds and grant provided by the cricket’s world governing body, ICC.

Also implicated in the case are CAN engineer Arun Upadhyay, builders of the under-construction Mulpani cricket stadium. Surya Adhikari, the proprietor of Gaura Construction Company, Ram Sharan Deuja of R Komal Construction company, Krishna Prasad Pandey of Crown Construction Construction P Ltd and Raj Kumar Khadka of Khadka construction have been charge with

Putting the financial loss at Rs 14.3 million, the anti-graft body has instructed the Nepal Sports Council and the Ministry of Youth and Sports to recover the amount from the accused. It has also accused the officials of gross negligence for not submitting the annual financial report to the ICC on time, causing CAN a fine amounting to $84,375.

The CIAA has instructed the ministry and council to recover Rs 27 million that had been advanced to 31CAN officials, within the next three months, and called for the clearance of salary and allowances due to the cricketers. The misappropriation in CAN came to light in the wake of recent public spat of the two factions in the game’s national ruling body. The infighting has also put national coach Pubudu Dassanayake’s tenure in doubt. He has left for home to Canada last week, turning down a nine-month extension offer by Aangbuhang.