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{{Short description|Nepali police officer and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = <big> [[Inspector General of Nepal Police|IGP]] </big>
|name = Dil Bahadur Lama
| native_name = दिल बहादुर लामा
|honorific_suffix = '''[[OGDB]] [[OTSP]]'''
|image =
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|office3 =  [[Inspector General of Nepal Police (I.G.P.)|12th Inspector General of Nepal Police]]
|term_start3 = Asar 1, 2039 BS
|term_end3 = Jestha 31, 2043 BS
|monarch3 = [[Birendra of Nepal|King Birendra]]
|primeminister3 = [[Surya Bahadur Thapa]]
|predecessor3 = [[Durlav Kumar Thapa]]
|successor3 = [[Hem Bahadur Singh]]

|office2 = [[File:Emblem of Nepal (2020).svg|33 px]] Assistant Minister
|term_start2 = 2001 AD
|term_end2 = Unknown
|monarch2 = [[Birendra of Nepal|King Birendra]]
|primeminister2 = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
|predecessor2 =
|successor2 =

|office1 = President of Ex-Nepalese Policemen's Organization
|term_start1 = 1992
|term_end1 = 25 March 2014
|monarch1 = [[Birendra of Nepal|King Birendra]]
|primeminister1 = [[Girija Prasad Koirala]]
|predecessor1 =
|successor1 =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1930|3|21|df=yes}}
|birth_place =
|death_date = {{death date and age|2014|3|25|1930|3|21|df=yes}}
|citizenship = Nepalese
|nationality = [[Nepalis|Nepali]]
|party = [[Nepali Congress (Democratic)]]
|relations =
|children = 5
|residence = Dhapasi, Kathmandu
|occupation = [[Police officer]], [[Politician]]
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|blank1 = Awards
|data1 = [[File:Ord.TriShaktiPatta.png|17px]] [[Order of Tri Shakti Patta|Tri Shakti Patta]]
|data2 = [[File:Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu.svg|16px]] [[Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu|Gorkha Dakshin Bahu]]
|data3 = Bishesh Sewa Padak (Special Service Medal)
|data4 = Prahari Ratna
|signature =
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'''Dil Bahadur Lama ([[Nepali language|Nepali]]: दिल बहादुर लामा)''' (21 March 1930 – 25 March 2014), popularly known as '''DB Lama''' was a leader of [[Nepali Congress (Democratic)]] and former [[Inspector General of Nepal Police|Inspector General]] of [[Nepal Police]].<ref name="nn">[http://www.nepalnews.com/contents/ English weekly/spotlight/2002/jan/jan04/offtherecord.htm OFF THE RECORD (Spotlight Weekly)]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nepalpolice.gov.np/police-history/ex-chief-of-police.html | title=Police History - Ex-Chief of Police | accessdate=2013-04-10}}</ref> He was elected to the [[Pratinidhi Sabha]] in the [[1999 Nepalese legislative election|1999 election]] on behalf of the [[Nepali Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php |title=Election Commission of Nepal |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012034141/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php |archivedate=12 October 2006 |df=dmy }}</ref> In 2001, he was included as an Assistant Minister of General Administration in [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]'s expanded cabinet.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fesnepal.org/reports/2001/political_report01.htm |title=FES |access-date=18 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705073759/http://www.fesnepal.org/reports/2001/political_report01.htm |archive-date=5 July 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In that cabinet he served under Minister of General Administration [[Khem Raj Bhatt Mayalu]]. After the [[Loktantra Andolan|2006 uprising against monarchy in Nepal]], Lama was included in a Parliamentary Sub-Committee, organized to investigate the assets of the [[King Gyanendra|king]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=5752 |title=GORKHAPATRA |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928102654/http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=5752 |archivedate=28 September 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Career in law enforcement==
Lama had, in his function as a police official, issued an arrest warrant in the 1980s for Mayalu, who was then considered as a [[terrorism|terrorist]] by the Nepalese government.<ref name="nn"/>

Dil Bahadur Lama had joined the [[Nepal Police]] on Fagun 28, 2007 BS as the Warrant Officer 1 at the then Sadar Nepal Armed Constabulary and upgraded to the IGP post on Asar 1, 2039 BS. The Nepal Police hospital, school and community police service was established during his tenure. Considered, by many of his former colleagues, one of the most influential [[Inspector General of Nepal Police|chief of Nepal Police]], Lama is credited with establishing Nepal Police Hospital and Nepal Police School; promoting recruitment of female officers; introducing separate uniform for traffic officers; and publishing police bulletins, among others.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2014/03/26/news/ex-igp-lama-passes-away/260898.html | title = Ex-IGP Lama passes away}}</ref>

==Arrest in 1987==

Former IGP Dil Bahadur Lama was arrested in 1987 along with [[Colonel]] [[Bharat Gurung]] after being charged by His Majesty's Government in the involvement in [[smuggling]] and [[corruption]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/np/2070/12/15/full-story/386486.html|title=Prison Life}}</ref> Lama was arrested late in July, 1987 on charges of accepting payoffs from prominent businessmen and criminal networks involved in smuggling not only [[narcotics]] but gold as well. Lama was imprisoned for a period of 5 years.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-08-16/news/mn-1928_1_murder-attempt | title=Los Angeles Times, August 16, 1987:Drugs, Murder Attempt, Corruption Rob Peaceful Nepal of Its Innocence}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CnTFLXce3toC&pg=PA101&dq=dil+bahadur+lama| title = The Right to be represented by a lawyer}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v-DvamJEAvEC&q=dil+bahadur+lama&pg=PA72 | title=Women Trafficking| isbn=9781564321558| last1=Guthrie| first1=Jeannine| last2=Watch/Asia| first2=Human Rights| last3=(Organization)| first3=Human Rights Watch| year=1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.setopati.com/raajneeti/9764|title=भयानक 'भिलेन' र 'हिरो' को डबल रोल}}</ref>

==Death in 2014==
Ex-I.G.P. DB Lama had been the chairman of the ''"Ex-Nepalese Policemen's Organization"'' until his demise (aged 84 years) on 25 March 2014 in Nuwakot.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Former+IGP+DB+Lama+passes+away+&NewsID=409835&a=3 | title = Former IGP DB Lama passes away}}</ref> Nepali Congress Nuwakot President Jagadishwor Nar Singh informed that Lama was pronounced dead at Trishuli Hospital where he was rushed after he fell unconscious at around 10pm on Tuesday.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/03/26/fullnews/ex-igp-lama-dies-of-heart-attack/387297.html | title = Ex-IGP Lama dies of heart attack}}</ref> The Nepal Police has paid heartfelt tributes to its former chief, Inspector General (IG) Dil Bahadur Lama, amidst a program at its headquarters, Naxal on the morning of March 28, 2014. Home Secretary Janardan Nepal, incumbent IGP [[Upendra Kant Aryal]], former [[Inspector General of Nepal Police|IGPs]], sitting DIGs and senior officials of Nepal Police offered last respects to the late Lama by laying flowers and wreaths on his mortal remains. This is said to be the first event that the Nepal Police organised a condolence gathering for its departed members on the headquarters premises. The late Lama was presented a funeral guard of honour. The Nepal Police organised a condolence assembly for its former chief Lama at the request of his family. He is survived by two wives, three sons and two daughters.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=71745 | title = Nepal police pays final tributes to ex-chief Lama}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.facebook.com/NepalPolicePHQ/posts/633600213380047 | title = पूर्व प्रहरी महानिरीक्षक स्व. लामाप्रति श्रद्धाञ्जली अर्पण : काठमाडौं, चैत १४ गते }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://np.karobardaily.com/2014/03/28247/|title=रहेनन् विवादित पूर्वआईजीपी लामा...Karobar Daily|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211163652/http://np.karobardaily.com/2014/03/28247/|archivedate=11 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Nepalese Buddhists]]
[[Category:People from Nuwakot District]]
[[Category:Nepalese police officers]]
[[Category:Chiefs of police]]
[[Category:Inspectors General of Police (Nepal)]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Nepal]]
[[Category:Nepali Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Nepali Congress (Democratic) politicians]]
[[Category:Politicians convicted of corruption]]
[[Category:Nepalese prisoners and detainees]]
[[Category:Nepalese politicians convicted of crimes]]
[[Category:Nepal MPs 1999–2002]]

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