Prime Minister Balen Shah has received a briefing from the chiefs of the country's security agencies on the current law and order situation.
According to the prime minister's secretariat, PM Shah summoned Chief of Army Staff Ashok Raj Sigdel, Nepal Police Inspector General Manoj Kumar KC, and Armed Police Force Inspector General Narayan Dutta Poudyal to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at Singha Durbar on Thursday.
The security chiefs briefed the prime minister on the arrangements for ensuring public safety during the festive season and the overall law and order situation in the country.
The prime minister directed the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, and Armed Police Force to make coordination, information sharing, and cooperation among the three security agencies more effective to further strengthen national security.
He also instructed the security chiefs to ensure there were no lapses in protecting the lives and property of citizens, adopt a zero-tolerance policy toward crime, and make security arrangements more efficient and robust, according to the prime minister’s secretariat.
