Kanak Mani Dixit

[2] In August 2013, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal awarded NOK 3892000 (NRs 60 Million) to The Southasia Trust, where Kanak Mani Dixit is an Executive Director, to use "Media to Promote Regional Peace and Development".

[9][10] Dixit refuted the accusations, claiming that the Maoist lawmaker in question was misusing his parliamentary platform to damage his credibility through personal targeting.

[11] A team of police deployed by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on April 22, 2016, took journalist Kanak Mani Dixit into custody.

The CIAA said it has been investigating complaints against Dixit that he illegally transferred the property owned by deceased Lt.-Gen.Madan Shumsher JBR and his wife Jagadamba Kumari Devi to his name by abusing his public post.

"[20] The International Federation of Journalists said: “The arrest of Kanak Mani Dixit raises serious concerns for the state of freedom of expression in Nepal.