KATHMANDU, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Nepal Police on Saturday morning arrested KP Sharma Oli, former Prime Minister and Chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak for their alleged involvement in suppressing the Gen Z protest in September 2025, which took dozens of lives.
They were arrested a day after the Rastriya Swatantra Party formed the government. "We have arrested former Prime Minister Oli and the former home minister Lekhak. Nobody is above the law," Sudan Gurung, minister for Home Affairs, posted on his Facebook.
The first cabinet meeting of the Balendra Shah government, held on Friday evening, decided to implement the recommendations of an inquiry commission formed to investigate atrocities on Sept. 8, 2025, of the Gen Z protest and arson and destruction of properties on Sept. 9. ■
