Ramesh Chand Thakuri is a Nepalese police official. He was the 21st

Inspector General of Nepal Police Inspector, also police inspector or inspector of police, is a police rank. The rank or position varies in seniority depending on the organization that uses it. Australia In Australian police forces, the rank of inspector is generally the ne ...

. He was convicted for his part in the Rs 280 million Sudan Scam. Thakuri was succeeded by

Rabindra Pratap Shah '' Hon.'' Rabindra Pratap Shah (born 27 June 1957) was, as of 2012, Inspector General of Nepal Police of the Nepal Police. On 2 June 2011, he assumed the duties of the chief of Nepal Police, after succeeding Ramesh Chand Thakuri. Shah was born in ...

in early June, 2012.

Scam

Thakuri was sent to jail in early 2009 after he failed to furnish a Rs 7 million bail. A

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sent him to jail on a charge leveled by the

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for the scam in purchase of

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s and logistics for

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peacekeepers with

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in the African state. Three police chiefs and 34 other police officers were charged in the scam.

References

Living people Inspectors General of Police (Nepal) 1949 births {{nepal-bio-stub