KATHMANDU, July 5: The Nepal Army has provided 300 units of weapons to Nepal Police today. The weapons were handed over by Chief of Army Staff, Purna Chandra Thapa to the Inspector General of Police Sailesh Thapa amidst a special event held at the Nepal Army Headquarters in Kathmandu.
The weapons that include INSAS, SLR and their bullets and spare parts were handed over to police as per the decision made by the cabinet on May 30. The cabinet meeting had decided to hand over 10,818 sets of guns and 1,494,016 units of ammunition to the police in three phases.
According to the army, the remaining weapons will be handed over to police by April 2021.
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An agreement paper was exchanged between Colonel Rajendra Mani Giri and Senior Superintendent of Police, Deepak Thapa at the event. The event was also attended by Lieutenant General of Army, Prabhu Ram Sharma and other high-ranking military officials.
The weapons were demanded by the police for training purposes and for the security of important and very important people, vital government installations and mega events. The army will also provide training to police personnel for the maintenance and operation of the weapons.
The weapons provided to the police will be used for maintaining peace and security inside the country and to increase the capacity of the police force. Santosh Ballabh Poudel, spokesperson of the Army informed that the backup weapons were provided as per the government's decision in response to the request from police.
Earlier on July 29, 2020, the army had provided 600 units of INSAS weapons to the police.
