National Investigation Department

National Investigation Department (NID) (Nepali: राष्ट्रिय अनुसन्धान बिभाग) is the main intelligence agency of Nepal collecting information about country’s public security, economic crimes, corruption, domestic and cross border terrorism, money laundering, narcotics, and human trafficking. NID works under the Office of The Prime Minister and Council of Ministers . ^{[1] [2]}

National Investigation Department

राष्ट्रिय अनुसन्धान बिभाग
Intelligence overview
Formed	1962 (1962)
Jurisdiction	Nepal
Headquarters	सिंहदरबार, काठमाडौँ
Intelligence executive	Hutaraj Thapa, Chief Investigating Director
Parent Intelligence	Office of The Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
Website	nidept.gov.np

NID is one of the four major security-related agencies in Nepal, other being Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and Nepal Army. Crime Investigation Department, a branch of Nepal police ^[3] and Directorate of Military Intelligence (Nepal), a branch of Nepal Army, are not related to NID.

Heads of the NID

1. Rom bahadur
2. Ram Prasad Shrestha
3. Chand Bahadur Rai
4. Lekh Bahadur Panday
5. Bishnu Raj Panta
6. Hari Bahadur Chaudhari
7. Devi Ram Sharma
8. karun Singh karki
9. Ashok Dev Bhatt
10. Moti Gurung
11. Jeet Bahadur K.C.
12. Dilipraj Regmi
13. Ganesh Prasad Adhikari
14. Yadulal Kharel
15. Hutaraj Thapa

See also

• Nepalese Police Force
• Armed Police Force Nepal
• Military of Nepal
• National Investigation Department of Nepal

References

1. "National Investigation Department".
2. "Organizational structure of NID".
3. "Crime Investigation Department".

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