National Human Rights Commission Recommends Action Against Police Chiefs

Kathmandu. The National Human Rights Commission has recommended to the government to take action against the incumbent Inspector Generals of the Armed Police Force and Nepal Police.

In its investigation report on human rights violations related to the Jenji protests held on Bhadra 23 and 24, the commission has recommended action against the then and current leadership of the Armed Police Force and Nepal Police.

The report recommends departmental action against the then Additional Inspector General of Nepal Police Dan Bahadur Karki, Deputy Inspector General Om Bikram Rana, Senior Superintendent of Police Bishwa Adhikari, then Additional Inspector General of Armed Police Narayan Prasad Poudel, Armed Police Superintendent Jeevan KC, then Director of National Investigation Department Krishna Khanal, then Chief District Officer of Kathmandu Chhabilal Rizal, and the field commanders of Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and National Investigation Department deployed in the field at Baneshwor and Parliament Building area on Bhadra 23, in accordance with Article 249 (2) (e) of the Constitution of Nepal, and to inform the National Human Rights Commission as per Section 17 (2) of the National Human Rights Commission Act, 2068.

The then Additional Inspector General of Nepal Police Dan Bahadur Karki, against whom the commission has recommended action, is currently the Inspector General of Nepal Police. Similarly, the then Additional Inspector General of the Armed Police Force Narayan Prasad Poudel is currently the Inspector General of the same organization.

The commission has also recommended to the government to take action against retired officials found responsible for human rights violations, including former Inspector General of Police Chandra Kuber Khapung, former Inspector General of Armed Police Raju Aryal, and former Chief of the National Investigation Department Hutraj Thapa, in accordance with Article 249 (2) (c) of the Constitution of Nepal, and to keep a record of them so that they are not given any government service responsibilities in the future.