Dhiraj Pratap Singh (Nepali: धिरज प्रताप सिंह) is the 29th Inspector General of Nepal Police.

[1][2] He was appointed as the Chief of Nepal Police after succeeding Shailesh Thapa Chhetri on 3 May 2022 following a cabinet decision.

He also serving as the incumbent Head of INTERPOL National Central Bureau, Kathmandu as an ex officio.

Before that, he was chief of the police force in Madhes Province as a Deputy Inspector General.

In this context Pokharel had filed a write petition to the Supreme Court demanding that the government’s decision to promote his junior Dhiraj Pratap Singh,[5] even though Pokharel’s writ has been quashed by Nepal Supreme court.