Moti Lal Bohora

{{Short description|Nepalese police officer}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix = IGP

|name = Motilal Bohara

|native_name = मोतीलाल बोहरा

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|office = 15th Inspector General of Nepal Police

|term_start = February, 1993

|term_end = February 1997

|monarch = King Birendra

|primeminister = Girija Prasad Koirala

|predecessor = Ratna Shumsher J.B.R.

|successor = Achyut Krishna Kharel

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|birth_place = Achham

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|citizenship = Nepalese

|nationality = Nepali

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|occupation = Politician, police officer

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Moti Lal Bohara ({{langx|ne|मोतिलाल बोहरा}}) was the chief of Nepal Police from 1993 to 1997. He succeeded Ratna Shumsher J.B.R. as the police chief and was succeeded by Achyut Krishna Kharel.{{cite web|url=http://www.nepalpolice.gov.np/police-history/ex-chief-of-police.html | title=Police History - Ex-Chief of Police | accessdate=2013-04-10}}

It was during his tenure as chief that the "People's War" in Nepal began. He is the last known officer to have remained IGP for a full term (4 years).Nepal Press Digest 1998 - 42 p.259 "Motilal Bohara, a former Inspector-General of Police, formally joined the Nepali Congress as a loyal worker in his home district of Achham. (Rising Nepal, August 29). In Achham, 120 workers of the UML formally joined the NC".Nepal Police Mirror, 2011{{cite web |url=http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Ex-IGP+Bohara+convicted+of+graft%E2%80%9A+sent+to+jail+for+18+months&NewsID=326622 |title=Ex-IGP Bohara convicted of graft: sent to jail for 18 months |work=The Himalayan}}{{cite web |url= http://imagechannels.com/news/details/12917/Special-Court-convicts-former-IGP-Motilal-Bohara-of-corruption|title=Special Court convicts ex-IGP Bohora of corruption; slaps 18 months jail sentence |work=nepalnews.com |date=3 April 2012 |accessdate=27 September 2013}}{{cite web |url= http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2012/04/03/top-story/former-police-chief-bohara-sent-to-jail-on-graft-charge/233393.html | title = Ekantipur, 2012}}

As of 2014, Former police chief Moti Lal Bohara is involved as founding member of Maalika Development Bank in Dhangadi.{{cite web | url = http://www.karobardaily.com/news/2014/03/ex-police-officers-in-alternative-professions | title = Ex-police officers in alternative professions | access-date = 2014-04-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140413132538/http://www.karobardaily.com/news/2014/03/ex-police-officers-in-alternative-professions | archive-date = 2014-04-13 | url-status = dead }}