New IGP of Nepal Police: Basant Bahadur Kunwar

Kathmandu, March 24: The government has appointed Basant Bahadur Kunwar as the new Inspector General (IG) of Nepal Police.

The Cabinet meeting held on Friday decided to appoint Basant Bahadur Kunwar as IG. Kunwar has been appointed as the new IGP as Dhiraj Pratap Singh is on compulsory retirement from today.

Kunwar, Tekprasad Rai, Deepak Thapa, Shyamalal Gyawali, and Kiran Bajracharya are senior police officers who were recently promoted from DIG to AIG. All these were contenders for the post of Inspector General of Nepal Police. But the meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Friday appointed Kunwar, who is the first among the five AIGs who were recently promoted from DIG, as the Inspector General of Nepal Police.

Recommendation for promotion of 34 Inspectors of Nepal Policet to DSP

The meeting held on Monday of the Promotion Committee of the Police Head Office has recommended the promotion of 34 Police Inspectors (Inspectors) to Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP) of Nepal Police.

It is said that 34 police inspectors have been recommended for promotion according to sub-rule 4 of rule 27 of the police regulation 2071 (with amendments).
List of police inspectors recommended for promotion:

Recommendation for promotion of 32 SPs of Nepal Police to SSP

The Home Ministry has recommended 32 Superintendents of Police (SPs) for promotion to Senior Superintendents of Police (SSP).

Pursuant to sub-rule 4 of rule 27 of the Police Rules 2071, the promotion committee meeting held today has recommended to promote 32 Superintendents of Police to the rank of Senior Superintendent of Police from the same group.