Krishna Mohan Shrestha

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Statue of Krishnamohan and his wife Nudup at the place they were assassinated. The writing spells out his contribution for the Nation is immortal.

Krishna Mohan Shrestha (Nepali: कृष्णमोहन श्रेष्ठ) was the first Inspector General of Armed Police Force (Nepal).

Shrestha was killed by the Maoist insurgents [1] during the Maoist insurgency in Nepal.[2] Krishna Mohan along with his wife and bodyguard was assassinated on the morning of 25 January 2003 by gunmen in Lalitpur, while he was taking a morning walk as they used to do on Sunday mornings, intending to represent general safety to fellow citizens. The Inspector General and his wife, who was a teacher at an international school in the capital, were both unarmed.[3] His wife Nudup Shrestha was a senior teacher in the Lincoln School, Kathmandu.

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  1. ^ "Maoists kill chief of Nepal armed police force". Al Bawaba.
  2. ^ "Nepal's Police Chief Killed". Agence France-Presse. 26 January 2003 – via The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Nepal police chief assassinated - CNN". Archived from the original on 15 February 2013.
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