By A Staff Reporter
Kathmandu, Aug. 5: Former Inspector Generals of the Nepal Police on Wednesday demanded reversal of the decision taken by the previous government to shift the Nepal Police Academy from Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, to Panauti of Kavrepalanchowk district.
A delegation of 15 ex-IGPs reached the official residence of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in Baluwatar and handed over him a memorandum, asking to revoke the decision of the previous government to shift the Academy to Panauti.
The previous government led by KP Sharma Oli of the UML had decided to expand the area of the President Office and build a helipad in the area where the Police Academy is. The former Inspector Generals of Nepal Police in their memorandum stated that the decision was taken to erase history of the Academy.
The former police chiefs also expressed their concern that the former government's move to transfer ownership of the land occupied by the Training Institute to the President's Office will erode the foundation of the Nepal Police's institutional development and the existence of a living museum.

The memorandum reads that any work to erase history of the National Police Academy, which has historical identity and has been established as the birthplace of police professionalism, should be stopped.
Former IGPs Durlabh Kumar Thapa, Motilal Bohora, Achyut Krishna Kharel, Dhrub Bahadur Pradhan, Pradip Shumsher Rana, Shyam Bhakta Thapa, Om Bikram Rana, Hem Bahadur Gurung, Ramesh Chand Thakuri, Rabindra Pratap Shah, Kuber Singh Rana, Upendra Kant Aryal, Prakash Aryal, Sarbendra Khanal and Thakur Prasad Gyawali handed over the memorandum to the Prime Minister.
They demanded that the decision of the previous government should be repealed at the earliest possible.

The KP Oli-led government on September 6, 2018 had decided to relocate the Academy and hand over the registration of 114 ropanis and 3 ana of land of the Academy to the President's Office.
The former Police Chiefs argued that the decision would have a far-reaching negative impact. Initially, the present Acadmey was established as Sadar Police Training Centre in 1956.
The memorial pillar at the present Academy office was formally inaugurated by present Prime Minister Deuba in his capacity as the Home Minister in February 1993.
Currently, construction of the police academy at Panauti in Kavre is underway with the support of the government of India.

The former police chiefs said that easy availability of people and other managerial approaches would make it very difficult to manage the police training academy in Panauti.
"It seems appropriate to shift just the training division office of the Academy to Panauti rather than relocating the whole administrative, training and residential offices there," the memorandum read.
They have drawn the attention of the Prime Minister to hold a serious hearing on the issue.