KATHMANDU, May 31: When Nepal Police posted officers recently promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG), it reassigned DIG Om Bahadur Rana, initially designated for the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), to the Kathmandu Valley Police Office instead.
The police retained DIG Shiva Kumar Shrestha at the CIAA. Police spokesperson Ramesh Thapa confirmed that the authorities did not transfer DIG Shrestha. On May 20 (Jestha 6), the Ministry of Home Affairs had recommended 11 Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) for promotion to DIG. The newly promoted DIGs received their insignia today.
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According to the initial posting list, the police had assigned Om Bahadur Rana to the CIAA. However, since DIG Shrestha is currently leading an investigation into the misuse of visit visas, the police decided to keep him at the CIAA and sent Rana to the Valley Police Office instead.
DIG Shrestha had also served at the CIAA during his tenure as an SSP.
