DIG Ramesh Prasad Kharel ( ne, रमेश प्रसाद खरेल) is a policeman from

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

known for his integrity and fight against corruption within the Nepali Police Force.

Career

Kharel served as the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in

Pokhara Pokhara ( ne, पोखरा, ) is a metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. It is the second most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, with 518,452 inhabitants living in 101,669 households in 2021. ...

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, and

Birgunj Birgunj ( ne, वीरगञ्ज) is a metropolitan city in Parsa District in Madhesh Province of southern Nepal. It lies south of the capital Kathmandu, attached in the north to Raxaul in the border of the Indian state of Bihar. As an ent ...

. During his stint in Kathmandu, he cracked down on crime in the city, including controlling the gangs and the so-called "dons" of Kathmandu. He also presided over raids on dance clubs that were illegally working as

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s in Kathmandu. He had similarly cracked down on illegal prostitution during his earlier stint in Pokhara. While in Birgunj in

Parsa District Parsa District ( ne, पर्सा जिल्ला), a part of Madhesh Province in Terai plain, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Birgunj as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a populat ...

, within the first 10 days of his transfer, it was reported that crime was down and the rife

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within the police force had decreased significantly. The practice of collecting illegal tolls from those importing goods from India was also significantly cut. In April 2012, he was made Senior Superintendent of Police. In January 2014, Kharel was recalled to oversee the operations of the Kathmandu Metropolitan Police. Soon after he took office, he made the police officers under him take oath of honesty and hard work. In February he arrested Tejendra Gurung, a notorious gangster. He also started cracking down on massage parlors, dance bars and cabin restaurants suspected of running prostitution and strip shows. In 2010 he jailed Raj Bahadur Singh, the son-in-law of the ex-King Gyanendra, and in 2011 fired subordinates for corruption. In 2010 Deepak Thapa wrote in '' Kantipur'' that Kharel was a "good cop". Kharel resigned from the Nepal Police in April 2018. In 2021 he became the president of the newly formed Nepal Good Governance Party.

In popular culture

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movie named "SP Kharel" was made being inspired from the work of Ramesh Kharel.

References

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