Nepal Police granted permission to recruit 100,000 temporary police for local polls

KATHMANDU, March 14: The Ministry of Finance has granted permission to the Nepal Police to recruit 100,000 temporary police for maintaining security during the upcoming local level polls.

Earlier, the Nepal Police had recommended recruitment of as many as 118,000 temporary police. However, the Finance Ministry has maintained that it can manage a budget for only 100,000 temporary police.