Shyam Bhakta Thapa

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Shyam Bhakta Thapa ({{langx|ne|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nepalpolice.gov.np/police-history/ex-chief-of-police.html|title=Police History – Ex-Chief of Police|access-date=2014-04-20|archive-date=2014-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329181950/http://www.nepalpolice.gov.np/police-history/ex-chief-of-police.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cscenter.org.np/index.php?&nstart=5&start=22&num_totrec=87&n=&type=FD |title=Nepal’s Culture of Impunity |date=December 17, 2006 |first=Bishnu |last=Pathak |access-date=2014-04-20 |archive-date=2014-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421064417/http://www.cscenter.org.np/index.php?&nstart=5&start=22&num_totrec=87&n=&type=FD |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://blog.com.np/2006/02/27/nepal-police-chief-and-his-criminal-act/|title = Where Police Boss Encourages Crime|date = 27 February 2006}}{{Cite web |url=http://amnesty-nepal.de/uploads/docs/UA042-2006-1-Nepal_PolizeichefThapa_ahrkreis.pdf |title=Letter from Amnesty International Nepal to Inspector General of Police asking for release of various "human rights and peace activists"|access-date=2014-04-20 |archive-date=2014-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421064403/http://amnesty-nepal.de/uploads/docs/UA042-2006-1-Nepal_PolizeichefThapa_ahrkreis.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://nepallaw.blogspot.com/2006/06/sc-orders-govt-to-furnish-commissions.html|title = Legal news from nepal}}