On Thursday, the special court acquitted all the accused, including Indira Karki, former mayor, Ekdev Adhikari, former chief administrative officer, and Gopal Pokhrel, engineer of Biratnagar Metropolitan City, in a corruption case.

A case was filed against them by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority one and a half years ago for embezzling Rs 1.5 million during the construction of a pond in Biratnagar-15.

Karki, who was preparing to run for the last provincial assembly election, was stopped from participating, and Adhikari was immediately suspended after the complaint was registered.