Kathmandu, Nov. 4 -- Dan Bahadur Karki has begun consulting lawyers after being removed as inspector general of police, with 17 months remaining in his tenure.

A Cabinet meeting on Wednesday decided to remove Karki and transfer him to the post of security adviser to the prime minister. He has since spoken to several lawyers about the decision.

The government has decided to replace Karki with Additional Inspector General Manoj KC as police chief. The Home Ministry is preparing to confer the insignia of the inspector general's rank on KC later on Wednesday.

According to a source at Police Headquarters, Karki was at the headquarters when the government announced its decision.

"As soon as we heard that an emergency Cabinet meeting was bei...