Kathmandu, Jan 30: The first national conference of investigative police and public prosecutors concluded here Sunday by issuing a 26-point Kathmandu declaration.
The conference had kicked off on January 27. Speaking at the concluding session of the conference, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, Bimalendra Nidhi, stressed the need of taking up more elaborate measures to make crime investigation more effective. Crime investigation had become more difficult with the advance development of science and technology, he said.
The Home Minister went on to say that the government was committed to enhancing capacity of investigative police and public prosecutors and adopting new technologies in crime investigation process.
Underlining the need of holding the three-tier election, he said all should be ready for this.
Also speaking on the occasion, Minister for Law, Justice and Federal Affairs Ajay Shankar Nayak insisted on cooperation between investigative police and public prosecutors in crime investigation. The nature of crimes was getting changed with the development of new technologies, he said, adding that the formulation of code had neared the final phase.
Supreme Court’s senior judge Gopal Parajuli said the rule of law and implementation of laws and acts were necessary for having good governance.
Attorney General Raman Kumar Shrestha, Inspector General of Nepal Police Upendra Kant Aryal and Nepal Bar Association President Khamba Bahadur Khati were present on the occasion.
Bringing criminal(s) to book, de-politicization of crime, discouragement of torture in detention, creation of atmosphere conducive for working against crime freely and minimization of increasing cyber crimes are included in the declaration. RSS
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