KATHMANDU: The directive has also fixed ‘accountability and reporting channel’, or the chain of command. It states that district police office will report to the CDO, who will report to the MoIAL secretary, regional administrator or provincial chief secretary. The MoIAL secretary will report to the law minister, who will be under the chief minister; the CM will be reporting to the governor and the prime minister; and the governor will report to the president. As far as the police administration is concerned, the district police office will report to the CDO and federal police unit, which will report to the provincial police office; the provincial police office will report to the IAL minister and secretary, chief minister and federal police headquarters. The federal police headquarters will report to the home secretary, who will report to the home minister, who, in turn, will report to the PM; the PM will report to the president. READ ALSO:

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