Armed Police Force's Pashupatinath Battalion Marks 22nd Anniversary in Kathmandu

Kathmandu. The Armed Police Force's Number-9 Pashupatinath Battalion, which is responsible for security command in the Kathmandu Valley, has entered its 22nd year. The battalion celebrated its 22nd establishment day on Tuesday at its temporary office in Minbhawan.

The head of the Pashupatinath Battalion (DIG) Suresh Shrestha stated that the battalion and its subordinate units are working resolutely to make the organization's policy reform plan successful.

Armed Police Inspector General Raju Aryal awarded SSP Netra Bahadur Karki of the battalion, along with other officers and jawans, for their excellent work. Those awarded include SSP Karki, DSP Tara Bahadur KC, Inspector Madan Adhikari, SAi Pawan Pandey, ASI Jhal Bahadur Chand, Senior Constable Uttam Basnet, Constables Navraj Lamichhane and Basudev Lamichhane, Assistant Constable Ram Lama, and Jawan Kishan Kumar Singh.

IG Aryal also honored Pemba Tenzing Sherpa, Jagat Bahadur Pokharel, Sandeep Agrawal, and Citizen Investment Trust Executive Director Parbat Kumar Karki for supporting the battalion.

In the poetry competition organized on the occasion of the battalion's establishment day, Dinesh Rokaya, a 12th-grade student at Tika Vidyashram who secured first place, Ankita Rimal, an 11th-grade student at LRI School who secured second place, and Karuna Shrestha, a student at Seabird College who secured third place, were awarded by the AIGs of the Armed Police Force.