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Nepal arrests former prime minister and others related to Gen Z protest deaths
Steve Herman
@newsguy.bsky.social
Jurist News - Police officers in Nepal used “urgent arrest warrants” to take the former prime minister and others into custody as part of an investigation into the deaths of protesters during the Gen Z uprising last September. www.jurist.org/news/2026/03...
Nepal arrests former prime minister and others related to Gen Z protest deaths
Nepal police on Saturday arrested former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak at their respective homes in Bhaktapur. Officers used 'urgent arrest warrants' to take the....
www.jurist.org
8:11 AM · Mar 29, 2026
@newsguy.bsky.social
Jurist News - Police officers in Nepal used “urgent arrest warrants” to take the former prime minister and others into custody as part of an investigation into the deaths of protesters during the Gen Z uprising last September. www.jurist.org/news/2026/03...
Nepal arrests former prime minister and others related to Gen Z protest deaths
Nepal police on Saturday arrested former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak at their respective homes in Bhaktapur. Officers used 'urgent arrest warrants' to take the....
www.jurist.org
8:11 AM · Mar 29, 2026
Jurist News - Police officers in Nepal used “urgent arrest warrants†to take the former prime minister and others into custody as part of an investigation into the deaths of protesters during the Gen Z uprising last September. www.jurist.org/news/2026/03...
— Steve Herman (@newsguy.bsky.social) 2026-03-29T12:11:14.501Z
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Nepal arrests former prime minister and others related to Gen Z protest deaths
Susmita Chaulagain | Kathmandu School of Law, NP
March 28, 2026 10:34:18 pm
Nepal police on Saturday arrested former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak at their respective homes in Bhaktapur.
Officers used “urgent arrest warrants” to take the leaders into custody in connection with a homicide investigation into the deaths of protesters during the “Gen Z” uprising last September. The operation began around 5:00 AM, following a late-night Cabinet meeting led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, where the government decided to immediately implement the findings of a commission led by former judge Gauri Bahadur Karki.
The Karki Commission report recommended that Oli and Lekhak, along with former police chief Chandra Kuber Khapung, be prosecuted under Sections 181 and 182 of the National Penal Code. These laws cover causing death through criminal negligence or reckless acts, which carry a potential prison sentence of three to ten years and a fine of up to Rs 100,000 ($1000 USD). The commission’s report found that high-level officials failed to act on intelligence that could have prevented the violence, which resulted in the deaths of 77 people and the destruction of billions in property.
Immediately after the arrests, the situation in Kathmandu became tense as supporters of Oli’s party, the CPN-UML, broke through police barricades at Maitighar Mandala to protest the move. Oli was taken to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital for a health check-up, which is a standard step before a suspect is placed in a holding cell. While the government moved forward with the arrests, the Nepali Congress party issued a statement calling the Karki report “one-sided” and “prima facie flawed,” arguing it ignored acts of arson and vandalism that happened on September 9.
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By हिमाल सुवेदी - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
Nepal arrests former prime minister and others related to Gen Z protest deaths
Susmita Chaulagain | Kathmandu School of Law, NP
March 28, 2026 10:34:18 pm
Nepal police on Saturday arrested former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak at their respective homes in Bhaktapur.
Officers used “urgent arrest warrants” to take the leaders into custody in connection with a homicide investigation into the deaths of protesters during the “Gen Z” uprising last September. The operation began around 5:00 AM, following a late-night Cabinet meeting led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, where the government decided to immediately implement the findings of a commission led by former judge Gauri Bahadur Karki.
The Karki Commission report recommended that Oli and Lekhak, along with former police chief Chandra Kuber Khapung, be prosecuted under Sections 181 and 182 of the National Penal Code. These laws cover causing death through criminal negligence or reckless acts, which carry a potential prison sentence of three to ten years and a fine of up to Rs 100,000 ($1000 USD). The commission’s report found that high-level officials failed to act on intelligence that could have prevented the violence, which resulted in the deaths of 77 people and the destruction of billions in property.
Immediately after the arrests, the situation in Kathmandu became tense as supporters of Oli’s party, the CPN-UML, broke through police barricades at Maitighar Mandala to protest the move. Oli was taken to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital for a health check-up, which is a standard step before a suspect is placed in a holding cell. While the government moved forward with the arrests, the Nepali Congress party issued a statement calling the Karki report “one-sided” and “prima facie flawed,” arguing it ignored acts of arson and vandalism that happened on September 9.
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