The Home Ministry has directed the incumbent and former government officials and security personnel, who have kept the private security personnel and assistants against the rules, to return them to the concerned security agencies within 48 hours. The Ministry made such a decision a day after Rastriya Swatantra Party Chairman Rabi Lamichhane became the Home Minister. Issuing a statement on Tuesday, the Home Ministry called all the security personnel deployed for private security.

The statement issued by Ministry spokesperson Phanindra Mani Pokharel asked the current and former government officials to keep the security personnel as per the Security Management Procedure 2077.