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
Agency overview
Formed1952 (1952)
JurisdictionNepal
HeadquartersSingha Durbar, Kathmandu
MottoNational Security
Agency executive
  • Hutaraj Thapa,
    Chief Investigation Director
Parent agencyOffice of The Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
Websitenidept.gov.np

NID is one of the four major security-related agencies in Nepal, other being Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and Nepal Army. Central Investigation Bureau, 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 Thapa
  2. Padam Bahadur Shah
  3. Dhundi Raj Sharma
  4. Harka Bahadur Thapa
  5. Ram Prasad Shrestha
  6. Chand Bahadur Rai
  7. Lekh Bahadur Panday
  8. Bishnu Raj Panta
  9. Govinda Karma Thapa
  10. Hari Babu Chaudhari
  11. Devi Ram Sharma
  12. Dhan Singh Karki
  13. Ashok Dev Bhatt
  14. Moti Bahadur Gurung
  15. Jeet Bahadur K.C.
  16. Dilipraj Regmi
  17. Ganesh Prasad Adhikari
  18. Yadulal Kharel
  19. Hutaraj Thapa

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

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