Tulasi Prasad Shrestha named new CDO of Lalitpur

KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Home Affairs has appointed Tulasi Prasad Shrestha as the new Chief District Officer of Lalitpur.

The position was lying vacant after the ministry recalled Rudra Prasad Pandit following the Balkumar incident last week.

Similarly, Superintendent of Police Shekhar Khanal has been designated as the new chief of Lalitpur Police Range. The post was also lying vacant after SP Siddhi Bikram Shah was recalled to the police headquarters following the incident.

Birendra Shah of Achham and Sujan Rawat of Dailekh lost their lives when police used force to disperse the demonstration of youths aspiring to travel to job destinations in South Korea under the Employment Promotion Scheme (EPS), in Balkumari, Lalitpur, on Friday.