Moti Lal Bohora

IGP
Motilal Bohara
मोतीलाल बोहरा
15th Inspector General of Nepal Police
In office
February, 1993 – February 1997
MonarchKing Birendra
Prime MinisterGirija Prasad Koirala
Preceded byRatna Shumsher J.B.R.
Succeeded byAchyut Krishna Kharel
Personal details
BornAchham
CitizenshipNepalese
NationalityNepali
OccupationPolitician, police officer

Moti Lal Bohara (Nepali: मोतिलाल बोहरा) was the chief of Nepal Police from 1993 to 1997. He succeeded Ratna Shumsher J.B.R. as the police chief and was succeeded by Achyut Krishna Kharel.[1]

It was during his tenure as chief that the "People's War" in Nepal began. He is the last known officer to have remained IGP for a full term (4 years).[2][3][4][5][6]

As of 2014, Former police chief Moti Lal Bohara is involved as founding member of Maalika Development Bank in Dhangadi.[7]

  1. ^ "Police History - Ex-Chief of Police". Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  2. ^ Nepal Press Digest 1998 - 42 p.259 "Motilal Bohara, a former Inspector-General of Police, formally joined the Nepali Congress as a loyal worker in his home district of Achham. (Rising Nepal, August 29). In Achham, 120 workers of the UML formally joined the NC".
  3. ^ Nepal Police Mirror, 2011
  4. ^ "Ex-IGP Bohara convicted of graft: sent to jail for 18 months". The Himalayan.
  5. ^ "Special Court convicts ex-IGP Bohora of corruption; slaps 18 months jail sentence". nepalnews.com. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Ekantipur, 2012".
  7. ^ "Ex-police officers in alternative professions". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-12.