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Kathmandu, Nepal, March 24, 2022: The government has appointed Basanta Bahadur Kunwar as the new Inspector General (IG) of Nepal Police.

A meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Friday appointed Kunwar as the IG of Nepal Police. The government took the decision after IG Dhiraj Pratap Singh retired from the post on Friday.

Kunwar will remain in the post for one year as per the existing act related to the Nepal police. 

After being appointed as the new IG of Nepal police, Kunwar vowed to take effective initiatives to improve the conduct and behavior of the police.
 
"I will continue the good work done by  former heads of the organization to make the police organization completely people-oriented and people-friendly," Kunwar said.