Kathmandu, November 15
The government has formally handed over an appointment letter to Dan Bahadur Karki, who was removed from the post of Inspector General of Police (IGP) and appointed special adviser to Prime Minister Balendra Shah.
A Home Ministry official delivered the letter to Karki in his office on November 4, a day after the Cabinet decided to remove him as IGP and appoint him as the prime minister’s special adviser.
“He was handed the letter in his own office during office hours,” a high-level source told Onlinekhabar.
At the same Cabinet meeting on November 4, the government appointed Additional Inspector General of Police Dr Manoj Kumar KC as the new IGP.
Karki, however, has challenged the government’s decision at the Supreme Court, seeking reinstatement to the post of IGP.
His writ petition had been scheduled for a hearing on Monday. However, as Monday is a public holiday, the hearing will not take place as scheduled.
The government has since appointed KC as the head of Nepal Police.
