Police Establish Analysis Division to Counter Election Disruption Efforts Ahead of February 21 Vote
Kathmandu. The Nepal Police Headquarters has formed an Analysis Division to strategize regarding the House of Representatives election scheduled for February 21. A high-ranking official at the Police Headquarters told Ratopati that the Analysis Division was established to monitor groups attempting to disrupt the election and to formulate strategies to neutralize their activities.
The Analysis Division, formed under the Operations Department, is commanded by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dayanidhi Gyawali. The division will monitor and analyze the activities of groups actively trying to disrupt the election.
An official from the Police Headquarters stated, “The responsibility of preparing election security strategies by monitoring and analyzing groups attempting to disrupt the election has been given to the Analysis Division.”
Police analysis suggests that six groups, including Durga Prasai, coordinator of the National, Nationality, Religion, Culture, and Citizen Protection Grand Campaign, are currently active in disrupting the election. Prasai is currently in custody at the Kathmandu District Police Range.
Police analysis indicates that groups such as the Communist Party of Nepal (Majority) led by Dharmendra Bastola, the Scientific Socialist Party led by Ahuti, the Mongol National Organization, and groups active in the identity movement are conducting anti-election activities. Police have arrested and detained Dharmendra Bastola, General Secretary of the Majority, Bishnu Prasad Timalsina, District Secretary of the same organization in Kavre, and Narendra Bahadur Bik, Central Committee member of the Scientific Socialist Party, on charges of attempting to disrupt the election.
SSP Santosh Khadka of the Valley Crime Investigation Office told Ratopati that eight individuals from various groups have been arrested on charges of attempting to disrupt the election.
The police are also monitoring the activities of Rohingya refugees on suspicion that they might be used by election opponents. Rohingya Muslims, who arrived in Nepal via Bangladesh from Myanmar, have been living in a camp at Lasuntar in Kapan for a long time.
Some Rohingya are also living in temporary shelters in Budhanilkantha, Kalimati, and Balaju. Some Rohingya are also living in rented accommodations in places like Kalimati. There are 419 Rohingya refugees in Nepal.
The Police Headquarters has formed a Central Election Cell under the leadership of Additional Inspector General (AIG) Uma Prasad Chaturvedi and implemented an integrated security plan approved by the Central Security Committee. Chaturvedi, appointed as the head of the Police Central Election Cell, is the head of the Operations Department at the Police Headquarters. The Election Cell has 151 members. The integrated security plan has been implemented with the deployment of over 315,000 security personnel from four security agencies for the election.
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