Chief of Chitwan Police SP Dan Bahadur Malla is serving in the district defying his transfer done 10 days ago.
The Nepal Police headquarters had transferred him to the Tribhuvan International Airport Security Office on December 20 but Malla, who served as personal security officer to CPN Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal for a long time in the past, has stayed put in Chitwan despite police regulation requiring implementation of transfer within 24 hours.
Chitwan is the home district of Dahal and he has won the House of Representatives (HoR) election from the district. His daughter Renu Dahal is mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.
The headquarters has not implemented his transfer following pressure from power centers.
The majority of 24 SPs transferred on December 20 have already taken over at the new posting. SP Ganga Panta, who was transferred to Chitwan to replace Malla, had planned to assume office from Sunday but she could not go to Chitwan. "There is no way I can go there when he is heading the district," Panta told Setopati.
SP Malla told Setopati that he has learnt about his transfer but has not left the district as he has yet to receive any official letter from the headquarters.
The headquarters, on the other hand, stated that the published transfer list should be taken as official information. "This is the age of email and internet. One knows about transfer. It should be taken as official information. We don't need to send sealed envelope as in the past," Nepal Police Spokesperson DIG Shailesh Thapa Chhetri said.
