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Nepal police arrest former prime minister and former home minister over September protest deaths
Former PM Oli and ex-Home Minister Lekhak were arrested following a government probe that found criminal negligence in a crackdown killing 76 protesters in September 2025.
- On Saturday, March 28, 2026, police in Kathmandu arrested former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and ex-Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak following a government commission's recommendation to prosecute them for criminal negligence over last year's deadly protest crackdown.
- Stemming from the September 2025 Gen Z protests, which began over a social media ban and escalated into nationwide anti-corruption unrest, a government-appointed panel led by Gauri Bahadur Karki found officials failed to stop lethal police firing that killed 76 people.
- Kathmandu Valley police spokesman Om Adhikari stated the pair will appear in court on Sunday, March 29, 2026, with Oli transferred to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital for medical checks. "The process will move forward according to the law," Adhikari said.
- Home Minister Sudan Gurung described the detentions as "the beginning of justice," signaling a policy shift under newly sworn-in Prime Minister Balendra Shah, while Oli's CPN-UML party denounced the arrests as illegal and an act of "revenge."
- Legal proceedings hinge on whether government prosecutors can validate arrest warrants, which could lead to up to 25 days of detention for questioning; this case serves as a critical test for Nepal's rule of law and reform agenda.
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Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. One person has been injured and 9 arrested in a protest demanding the release of former Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is in police custody over the use of force during the Gen-Z protest of September last year. World News | One Injured, Nine Arrested as Protest in Support of Former Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli Turns Violent, Court Remands Custody.
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Nepal court extends ex-PM detention in protest crackdown case
A Nepal court on Sunday extended by five days the detention of former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and his home minister after their arrest over alleged involvement in a deadly crackdown on the 2025 protests that ousted him.
In Nepal, where a newly elected government took power on Friday after violence and unrest, police this weekend arrested former Prime Minister Sharma Oli and the former interior and energy ministers. They are accused of violently suppressing protests and corruption, according to the French news agency AFP.
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