Achyut Krishna Kharel

IGP Achyut Krishna Kharel
Native name	अच्युतकृष्ण खरेल
Police career
Department	Nepal Police
Country	Nepal
Rank	Inspector General of Police (I.G.P.)

Achyut Krishna Kharel was the chief of Nepal Police during the Maoist's Insurgency.

Kharel had been appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP) in 1997 A.D., but was then replaced by his successor, Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan, due to certain "political instabilities (Bam Dev Gautam)", before again becoming IGP.

I.G.P. Kharel had initiated "Operation Kilo Cera II" during the Maoist's Insurgency, i.e. in the late 1990s.

Kharel had been the football captain of the Nepal Police Football Team in the late 1970s.