Last Updated on March 29, 2026 12:15 am by INDIAN AWAAZ
Nepal’s Former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli was arrested today over Gen Z protest crackdown last year. The move comes a day after the newly formed government of Balendra Shah implemented the probe commission report on the Gen Z protest that rocked the nation last year. Oli, also CPN-UML chairperson, was arrested at the Gundu area of Bhaktapur district, 12 km east of Kathmandu.
Former Home Minister and Nepali Congress leader Ramesh Lekhak has also been arrested from his residence at Katunje of Suryabinayak Municipality in Bhaktapur district. Both Oli and Lekhak have been arrested on charges of their involvement in suppressing the Gen Z movement in September last year, in which 76 people, including around two dozen youths, were killed.
The probe commission formed to investigate the incident surrounding the Gen Z movement has recommended legal action against Oli and Lekhak, among others, under criminal offence. Nepal’s newly formed government, led by Balendra Shah, in its first cabinet meeting yesterday, decided to immediately implement the recommendations made by the probe commission. K P Oli was taken to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital for medical examination soon after the detention.