Eight people have been arrested on suspicion of accessing the Public Procurement Monitoring Office's electronic government procurement (e-GP) system without authorisation and altering details of various contracts, according to the Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police.
Police allege that the suspects changed documents linked to financial proposals before bids were opened. The bureau has obtained a court remand order and begun investigating the eight detainees, including through technical analysis.
Investigation into e-GP procurement records
The allegations concern contract-related records held in the government's electronic procurement system. Police are investigating whether documents connected to financial proposals were altered before bids were opened.
The investigation is ongoing, and the allegations against the detainees have not been established in court.
