KATHMANDU, Aug. 29 -- The government has appointed Chandra Kuber Khapung as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP). A cabinet meeting on Friday endorsed his promotion as the 32nd chief of Nepal Police.

Incumbent IGP Deepak Thapa will retire on September 3, paving the way for Khapung, currently chief of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), to take charge from September 4.

Born in Tehrathum, Khapung came to Kathmandu in 1986 for higher studies and enrolled at Nepal Law Campus. It was his friends Buddhi Raj Gurung and Bishnu KC-both of whom later retired as Additional Inspector General (AIG) and Deputy Inspector General (DIG)-who persuaded him to apply for the post of police inspector in 1994.

Although selected in the same batch, Kh...