Refugee Coordination Unit accused of bribery

Beldangi/ July 25: People in Beldangi-II camp, whose ration is suspended, have accused that the assistant Refugee Coordination Unit (RCU) Harka Rai bribes during their re-registration process.

Tara Giri of Beldangi- II, Sector I/4, Hut no 81/82 and Tara Basnet of the same camp under Sector I/4 Hut no 65/66 have claimed they offered Nepalese currency one thousand each for their re-registration since the RCU denied necessary initiatives without money. Giri and Basnet have also claimed that Rai denies doing any work related to re-registration without bribe. 

Parvati Biswa, camp secretary of the same camp talking to the BNS said the RCU also informed her that he would not do any work related to 're-registration' without money. However, in response to a query of the BNS, Rai said that the mind of a woman do not have power to tolerate like that of a man.

Meanwhile, talking to the BNS, assistant RCU strongly refuted the allegations put upon him. “I have not taken any money from those people”, said Rai, adding that the allegation was baseless.

According to Giri and Basnet they also filed an application through camp management committee, signed and forwarded by the camp secretary, to the Chief District Officer (CDO) of Jhapa district on July 18 demanding probe into such bribery cases in camp. There are yet no any reports of measures taken by the CDO.

Purna Bahadur Monger, administration of the camp informed the BNS that among 56 suspended from Beldangi-II, 43 have been re-registered while the remaining 13 still make frequent visits at the RCU office for their re-registration. Bhutan News Service/Puspa Adhikari and Yadhu Nath Neopane