A day after the sacking of nine senior security officials including the chiefs of three security agencies, the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) chief, Pyar Jung Thapa, met with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala at the latter’s residence in Baluwatar, Saturday morning.

General Thapa went to the Prime Minister’s residence at around 10:30 a.m. and had around 25-minute meeting with Koirala, reports said.

The army chief’s meeting with the Prime Minister comes amidst speculations that Thapa could be the next security chief to sacked for his role in suppressing the recent people’s movement.

Upcoming meeting of the Security Council, of which the RNA chief is a member, will decide his fate, according to reports. Thapa is in news headlines also for his daughter’s lavish marriage with an Indian citizen.

Nine senior security officials including Inspector General of Nepal Police, Shyam Bhakta Thapa, Inspector General of Armed Police Force (APF), Shahabir Thapa and head of the National Investigation Department, Devi Ram Sharma, were sacked by a cabinet decision Friday evening, which came following recommendation from the high-level judicial probe commission headed by former Supreme Court judge Krishna Jung Rayamajhi.