New police chief receives rank insignia from home minister

KATHMANDU: Newly appointed Inspector General of Nepal Police Manoj Kumar KC was conferred the rank insignia on Wednesday.

Minister for Home Affairs Sudan Gurung presented the insignia to Inspector General KC amid a ceremony at the Ministry of Home Affairs.

A cabinet meeting held earlier on Wednesday decided to appoint KC to the post which became vacant following the government’s decision to assign Inspector General Dan Bahadur Karki a new responsibility as the national security adviser to Prime Minister Balendra Shah.

The government has said that the position of was created to provide the prime minister with necessary advice, recommendations and counsel on security matters to strengthen the country’s law and order situation.