20 Nepal Police DIGs transferred en masse
KATHMANDU: As many as 20 Deputy Inspectors General (DIGs), including Prakash Aryal and Bam Bahadur Bhandari who were among the four contenders for the post of Nepal Police's chief, have been transferred en masse.
The Nepal Police headquarters said on Wednesday that the transfer was made by the Home Ministry on Monday, February 20, prior to a Cabinet meeting that decided to hold local elections on May 14.
The decision did not touch the Narcotics Control Bureau, headed by Jaya Bahadur Chand who was nominated the Nepal Police chief by the government on February 12, and the Central Investigation Bureau, headed by Nawa Raj Silwal, who challenged Chand's appointment.
With a double promotion , the government on February 12 had named DIG Chand the Nepal Police's Inspector General. Challenging the decision, DIG Silwal moved the Supreme, which subsequently issued an interim order to stay the appointment.
Since the incumbent chief, Upendra Kant Aryal, was retiring due to his 30-year service, the government on February 13 amended the Nepal Police Regulation and appointed AIG Dr Dinesh Chandra Pokhrel, who is from technical stream, the security force's acting chief.
DIG Aryal has been transferred to the Crime Investigation Division at the police headquarters. He was earlier posted at the MPCO Traffic Division. DIG Bhandari has been sent to the Ranipokhari-based Metropolitan Police Office from the headquarters' special bureau.
Likewise, Pashupati Upadhyaya has been transferred to the Department of Operations, Devendra Subedi to National Police Academy, Bijay Lal Kayastha to the Surkhet-based Mid-Western Regional Police Office, Madhu Prasad Pudasaini to the Pokhara-based Western Regional Police Office, Madhav Prasad Joshi to Procedure Section at the headquarters, Keshari Raj Ghimire to Department of Human Resource at the headquarters, Kamal Singh Bam to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority, Mingmar Lama to Metropolitan Traffic Police Division, and Pankaj Shrestha to Tribhuvan International Airport.
As per the decision, Madhav Prasad Nepal will be deputed at the Training Directorate, Hemant Bahadur Pal at Special Bureau and Govinda Prasad Niraula to Research and Planning Directorate at the police headquarters.
Romendra Singh Deuja has been sent to the Dipayal-based Far-Western Regional Police Office, Bijay Kumar Bhatta to Women and Children Service Directorate, Sudip Acharya to National Security Council, Ganesh KC to the Hetaunda-based Mid Regional Police Office , Kedar Man Singh Bhandari to Detective Training School and Ramesh Kumar Bhattarai to the Birtanngar-based Eastern Regional Police Office,
Meanwhile, the apex court resumed hearing on the IGP appointment today.
Positions at the Department of Human Resource, Women and Children Service Directorate and National Security Council were lying vacant after the deputed officials retired recently, while responsibilities of 17 DIGs were reshuffled.
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