Veteran election policeman plans to retire after serving 10 polls

Tanka Prasad Dhungana, 54, has been on duty at elections ever since the 1991 elections, and he’s back for March 5 polls.

When Tanka Prasad Dhungana, a resident of ward 5 of Mangalsen Municipality in Achham, first donned the temporary police uniform in 1991, he was just 18. His parents applied tika on his forehead and fed him yoghurt—a ritual of blessing—before he left for duty.