Jun 17, Kathmandu: Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale has insulted and slapped Nepal Airlines Chairman Yuvaraj Adhikari. Annapurna Post daily has reported that Tourism Minister Ale called Chairman Adhikari to his office and assaulted him with obscene language.

It is heard that Minister for Tourism Ale called Chairman Adhikari in his office and used obscene language even in the audio made public by Annapurna Post. Annapurna Post quoted a source in the Ministry of Tourism as saying that Minister

Ale had insulted and abused Chairman Adhikari saying that he had delayed giving jobs to the people he had recommended. Minister Ale had asked to keep a large number of people in Nepal Airlines (to give jobs to the person he sent).

Chairman Adhikari had hired some of them. Some were in the process of being put on. In the public audio, Minister Ale has even threatened the officer. Earlier, Minister Ale had threatened the officer on the telephone.