Home Ministry Orders Security Personnel in Household and Personal Work to Return Within 7 Days

KATHMANDU : Nepal’s Home Ministry has directed that security personnel used for household or personal work, rather than security duties set by law, return within seven days to the offices where their positions are sanctioned.

Under the Procedure for Security Management of Very Important and Important Persons, 2081, serving and former employees and security personnel can be assigned personal security personnel. The ministry said in a notice that it had received complaints that security personnel were recently being used for household or personal work, contrary to the procedure.

On 8th October, the ministry instructed the relevant security agencies to send all personnel deployed or kept in violation of the procedure back to their respective offices within seven days, the notice said.

The notice said action will be taken against any officer or official found to have deployed security personnel in breach of the directive and the procedure.

It added that security personnel, as well as members of the public, can report cases where security personnel are used for household or personal work contrary to the law. Reports and complaints can be made to the Home Ministry’s call center on mobile number 9851136043. The notice said the identity of anyone who reports will be kept confidential.