Kathmandu, March 24 : Today’s cabinet meeting has decided to promote Additional Inspector General, Basanta Bahadur Kunwar, to the post of Inspector General of the Nepal Police.
Surya Kiran Sharma, press coordinator of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, informed that the cabinet meeting decided to promote AIG Kunwar to the post.
He was promoted to AIG as per the decision of March 20. AIGs—Tek Prasad Rai, Deepak Thapa, Shyam Lal Gyawali and Kiran Bajracharya along with Kunwar were in the race for IGP.
Sitting IGP Dhiraj Pratap Singh is getting retirement from today after completing 30-year tenure in the service.