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Krishna Mohan Shrestha

कृष्णमोहन श्रेष्ठ

Nepalese murder victim

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Krishna Mohan Shrestha (d. 2003; Nepali: कृष्णमोहन श्रेष्ठ) was the first Inspector General of Armed Police Force (Nepal).

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Shrestha was killed by the Maoist insurgents during the Maoist insurgency in Nepal. 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. His wife Nudup Shrestha was a senior teacher in the Lincoln School, Kathmandu.

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  1. Wikipedia (English): Krishna Mohan Shrestha · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (Nepali): कृष्णमोहन श्रेष्ठ · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Wikidata item Q3785389 · CC0 1.0
  4. Image: Krishna Mohan Shrestha by Ganesh1.JPG by Ganesh Paudel (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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"Krishna Mohan Shrestha". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/krishna-mohan-shrestha. Retrieved 4 November 2026.

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