Dhiraj Pratap Singh

{{Short description|Nepal Police officer}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = I.G.P.

| name = Dhiraj Pratap Singh

| native_name = धिरज प्रताप सिंह

| image = Dhiraj Pratap Singh.jpg

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| predecessor = Shailesh Thapa Chhetri

| successor = Basanta Bahadur Kunwar

| office = 29th Inspector General of Nepal Police

| term_start = 3 May 2022

| term_end = 24 March 2023

| vicepresident = Nanda Kishor Pun

| president = Ram Chandra Poudel

| primeminister = Sher Bahadur Deuba

Pushpa Kamal Dahal

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|06}}

| birth_place = Narayan Municipality Dailekh, Nepal

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| citizenship = Nepalese

| nationality = Nepali

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| children = 2

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| alma_mater = Tribhuvan University

| education = Postgraduate

| occupation = Police officer

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Dhiraj Pratap Singh ({{langx|ne|धिरज प्रताप सिंह}}) is the 29th Inspector General of Nepal Police.{{cite web |title=Cabinet promotes Singh to Nepal Police chief|url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/05/01/government-promotes-dhiraj-pratap-singh-as-nepal-police-chief |website=kathmandupost.com |publisher=Kathmandu Post |access-date=4 May 2022}}{{cite web |title=Dhiraj Pratap Singh is new Nepal Police IGP |url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/dhiraj-pratap-singh-is-new-nepal-police-igp/ |website=myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com |publisher=My Republica |access-date=4 May 2022}} He was appointed the Chief of Nepal Police after succeeding Shailesh Thapa Chhetri on 3 May 2022 following a cabinet decision.

== 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.{{Cite web |title=Cabinet promotes Singh to Nepal Police chief |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/05/01/government-promotes-dhiraj-pratap-singh-as-nepal-police-chief |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}

As DIG, Singh also led the Central Bureau of Investigation. As the Superintendent of Police, Singh commanded the Dang district.{{Cite web |last=Collegenp |title=Dhiraj Pratap Singh Appointed as the 29th IGP of Nepal Police {{!}} Collegenp |url=https://www.collegenp.com/news/dhiraj-pratap-singh-appointed-as-the-29th-igp-of-nepal-police/ |access-date=2022-10-02 |website=www.collegenp.com |language=English}}

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,{{Cite web |title=Supreme Court upholds government’s decision to promote Dhiraj Pratap Singh to top Nepal Police post |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/07/15/supreme-court-upholds-government-s-decision-to-promote-dhiraj-pratap-singh-to-top-post |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}} even though Pokharel’s writ has been quashed by Nepal Supreme court.