National Investigation Department

National Investigation Department (NID) (Nepali: राष्ट्रिय अनुसन्धान बिभाग) is the main intelligence agency of Nepal collecting information about country’s public security, economic crimes, corruption, domestic and cross border terrorism, money laundering, narcotics, and human trafficking. NID works under the Office of The Prime Minister and Council of Ministers . [1] [2]

National Investigation Department
राष्ट्रिय अन
Agency overview
Formed1952 (1952)
JurisdictionNepal
HeadquartersSingha Durbar, Kathmandu
MottoNational Security
Agency executive
  • Hutaraj Thapa,
    Chief Investigation Director
Parent agencyOffice of The Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
Websitenidept.gov.np

NID is one of the four major security-related agencies in Nepal, other being Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and Nepal Army. Central Investigation Bureau, a branch of Nepal police [3] and Directorate of Military Intelligence (Nepal), a branch of Nepal Army.

Heads of the NID

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  1. Rom Bahadur Thapa
  2. Padam Bahadur Shah
  3. Dhundi Raj Sharma
  4. Samip Sherchan
  5. Harka Bahadur Thapa
  6. Ram Prasad Shrestha
  7. Chand Bahadur Rai
  8. Lekh Bahadur Panday
  9. Bishnu Raj Panta
  10. Govinda Karma Thapa
  11. Hari Babu Chaudhari
  12. Devi Ram Sharma
  13. Dhan Singh Karki
  14. Ashok Dev Bhatt
  15. Moti Bahadur Gurung
  16. Jeet Bahadur K.C.
  17. Dilipraj Regmi
  18. Ganesh Prasad Adhikari
  19. Yadulal Kharel
  20. Hutaraj Thapa

References

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  1. ^ "National Investigation Department".
  2. ^ "Organizational structure of NID".
  3. ^ "Crime Investigation Department".

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