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Former Chief District Officer (CDO) of Kathmandu Chhabi Rijal was arrested connected Tuesday (March 31, 2026) for his alleged relation successful the crackdown of the Gen Z question successful September past year.
Mr. Rijal, who was named successful the database of precocious officials liable for suppressing the Gen Z question successful which 76 radical were killed, was arrested from his residence astatine Subidhanagar successful Kathmandu, according to Nepal police.
The improvement comes days aft the apprehension of erstwhile premier curate K.P. Sharma Oli and past location curate Ramesh Lekhak.
A probe committee formed to analyse the incidental surrounding the Gen Z question had recommended ineligible enactment against Oli and Lekhak, among others, nether transgression offence.
On Monday, Nepal’s Supreme Court refused to supply interim alleviation to Oli adjacent arsenic protests continued successful Nepal implicit his detention.
In effect to a habeas corpus petition filed by Mr. Oli’s wife, Radhika Shakya, claiming her husband’s detention was unlawful, a azygous Bench of Justice Meghraj Pokharel refused to contented an interim bid for Mr. Oli’s release.
Mr. Oli and Mr. Lekhak were sent to judicial custody for 5 days by the Kathmandu District Court connected Sunday (March 29, 2026).
The arrests came aft the newly-formed Balendra Shah authorities decided to instrumentality the study of the probe committee successful its archetypal Cabinet meeting.
The youth-led Gen Z protestation against corruption, nepotism, and a societal media prohibition had led to Mr. Oli's ouster arsenic premier minister.
