Additional Inspector General (AIG) Bishwa Raj Pokharel resigned on Monday after he lost a legal battle for the top post of Nepal Police.

He handed over this resignation letter to the Nepal Police headquarters this afternoon.

Earlier on May 2, Pokharel had filed a writ petition against the appointment of Inspector General of Nepal Police.

In the petition, he said that the government appointed Dhiraj Pratap Singh as the IG of Nepal Police flouting the seniority basis.

Pokharel went on leave after the government appointed Singh as the IG of Nepal Police.

Earlier on July 15, a joint bench of acting Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Karki and Justice Kumar Chudal quashed the petition filed by Pokharel, giving validation to the appointment of Singh.