Shyam Bhakta Thapa Explained

Honorific Prefix:IGP
Shyam Bhakta Thapa
Department:Nepal Police
Service:Nepal
Serviceyears:1976-2006

Shyam Bhakta Thapa (Nepali: श्यामभक्त थापा) is the 18th IGP of Nepal and the last police officer of Nepal Police to serve as the police chief during the Maoists Insurgency. He was preceded by Pradip Shumsher J.B.R. as the police chief and was succeeded by Om Bikram Rana. He had been the police chief during the Peoples Movement II.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Police History – Ex-Chief of Police. 2014-04-20. 2014-03-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20140329181950/http://www.nepalpolice.gov.np/police-history/ex-chief-of-police.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Nepal’s Culture of Impunity . December 17, 2006 . Bishnu . Pathak . 2014-04-20 . 2014-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140421064417/http://www.cscenter.org.np/index.php?&nstart=5&start=22&num_totrec=87&n=&type=FD . dead .
  3. Web site: Where Police Boss Encourages Crime. 27 February 2006.
  4. Web site: Letter from Amnesty International Nepal to Inspector General of Police asking for release of various "human rights and peace activists". 2014-04-20 . 2014-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140421064403/http://amnesty-nepal.de/uploads/docs/UA042-2006-1-Nepal_PolizeichefThapa_ahrkreis.pdf . dead .
  5. Web site: Legal news from nepal.