New Delhi: Nepal’s anti-corruption agency has filed what it describes as the ‘largest corruption case’ in the country’s history, charging 55 senior Nepalese officials and employees of the Chinese state-owned contractor, CAMC with inflating the cost of the Pokhara International Airport, a flagship project under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), by roughly $74 million.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), filed the case Sunday at Nepal’s Special Court, naming 55 individuals, including five former ministers and 10 former secretaries, along with China CAMC Engineering Co. Ltd., the airport’s builder. CAMC is the construction wing of China’s state-owned conglomerate, SINOMACH.

The agency alleges that Nepalese officials and the Chinese contractor colluded t

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