One of 107 dogs in the police force, Leo located two bodies and human remains during a 20-day search after the Bhotekoshi floods.

Dan Bahadur Karki has approached the court with a writ petition challenging the government’s decision to remove him as IGP and appoint a successor.

Tensions between Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s secretariat and Inspector General Dan Bahadur Karki had been mounting over an investigation involving fixer Inam Sapkota and his alleged links with the PM’s political adviser.

Sudhan Gurung breaks with convention by personally conferring the insignia on Manoj KC, who previously led investigations into the fake Bhutanese refugee scam.

Officials say the Inam Sapkota probe, resistance to arrest orders and a long-standing preference for another officer led to the removal.

Dan Bahadur Karki, who had 17 months left in his tenure as inspector general, is considering legal action after the cabinet replaced him with Manoj KC.

The arrest of a previously obscure man has exposed a web of connections involving the Prime Minister’s Office, senior security officials and Supreme Court judges, raising questions about institutional safeguards and judicial accountability.

Police chiefs in nine districts have served for over a year. Officers say morale and leadership development are suffering.

Police sources say the operation to detain journalists and pressure them into revealing their sources followed discussions between senior officials at the prime minister’s secretariat and the home ministry.

The Prime Minister’s Office says it had no prior knowledge of the detentions and that Prime Minister Balendra Shah ordered the journalists’ immediate release.

A team from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office first went to the office of the online news portal Nepal Press in New Baneshwar.

The government is reportedly unhappy with IG Karki’s stance on following the due process while making big arrests.

The government has appointed the Buddhist nun and singer to lead the Lumbini Development Trust despite unresolved questions over her citizenship and a money-laundering investigation dating back to 2018.

Investigators suspect gold entered through Kathmandu airport before being processed in Budhanilkantha and potentially transported to India.

In an audio recording and statement published by Setopati, Rai says he is ready to cooperate with authorities and repay depositors, but police have yet to authenticate the material.