KATHMANDU: The government has appointed Additional Inspector General (AIG) Dr. Manoj Kumar KC as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP), while assigning incumbent IGP Dan Bahadur Karki to the post of the prime minister’s special security adviser.
According to a Cabinet decision made public by government spokesperson Minister Sasmit Pokharel, the government created the post of prime minister’s special security adviser at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers to provide security-related advice and recommendations to the prime minister and strengthen the country’s security arrangements.
The post has been established at the IGP level, and Karki has been assigned to it.
Following Karki’s transfer, the Cabinet decided to promote KC to the vacant IGP position under Rule 41 of the Police Regulations, 2014, effective today, November 4.
