Dhiraj Pratap Singh

Dhiraj Pratap Singh (Nepali: धिरज प्रताप सिंह) is the 29th Inspector General of Nepal Police.^[1][2] He was appointed the Chief of Nepal Police after succeeding Shailesh Thapa Chhetri on 3 May 2022 following a cabinet decision.

I.G.P. Dhiraj Pratap Singh
धिरज प्रताप सिंह
29th Inspector General of Nepal Police
In office 3 May 2022 – 24 March 2023
President	Ram Chandra Poudel
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Vice President	Nanda Kishor Pun
Preceded by	Shailesh Thapa Chhetri
Succeeded by	Basanta Bahadur Kunwar
Personal details
Born	(1967-11-06) November 6, 1967 (age 57) Narayan Municipality Dailekh, Nepal
Citizenship	Nepalese
Nationality	Nepali
Children	2
Education	Postgraduate
Alma mater	Tribhuvan University
Occupation	Police officer

Biography

Singh joined Nepal Police as an Inspector on March 24, 1993. He was also serving as the incumbent Head of INTERPOL National Central Bureau, Kathmandu as an ex officio. Singh was promoted as Additional IG in March 2022. Prior to joining as IGP, he served in Central Investigation Bureau. Before that, he was chief of the police force in Madhes Province as a Deputy Inspector General.^[3] As DIG, Singh also led the Central Bureau of Investigation. As the Superintendent of Police, Singh commanded the Dang district.^[4]

The appointment of Singh is apparently a violation of the seniority order in the Nepal police as he was the third-ranked officer in the police department after Bishwa Raj Pokharel and Sahakul Thapa. But he got promoted by superseding them. In this context Pokharel had filed a writ petition to the Supreme Court demanding that the government’s decision to promote his junior Dhiraj Pratap Singh,^[5] even though Pokharel’s writ has been quashed by Nepal Supreme court.