The House of Representatives extended the deadline of the probe committee formed to investigate charges against former Finance Minister Janardan Sharma by seven days.

Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota tabled a proposal to extend the deadline by seven days as per the demand of the committee in the Parliament on Thursday. The proposal was endorsed by the Parliament.

The 10-day deadline ends today.

The House of Representatives formed the committee on July 6 to investigate the issue that Sharma invited two unauthorized persons to tweak the tax rates a day before he presented the budget in the Parliament.

The committee, which was given 10 days’ time to carry out an investigation and submit the report, started its work on July 12.

The committee questioned Sharma on Thursday.

Sharma said that he answered all the questions asked by the committee. The committee will make the final decision, he said.

The committee has already grilled 10 officials of the Finance Ministry involved in formulating the budget.