Kathmandu, 20 June: Secretary of the Ministry of Urban Development Dr. Ramesh Singh has started extorting money by threatening the chief and senior engineers of the subordinate bodies under the ministry. After Secretary Singh started extorting money by threatening them, a complaint against him with the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA)and the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM). The OPMCM has sought  clarification from Singh stating that it had received complaints regarding extortion. As the fiscal year is coming to an end, monetary transactions are taking place in various development ministries. Sources claim that there has been financial manipulation in the transfer of staff in various ministries and subordinate bodies and it has now reached an unprecedented level, reports Rajdhani Daily. People's News Monitoring Service