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Nepal’s erstwhile Prime Minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, was taken into custody connected Saturday (March 28, 2026) arsenic constabulary analyse whether he was negligent successful failing to forestall dozens of deaths during Gen Z protests past September.
This week, a Nepali panel which investigated unit during the anti-corruption protests recommended that Mr. Oli, 74, beryllium prosecuted for failing to prevent the crackdown connected the protests.
A full of 76 radical were killed successful 2 days of unrest, which led to Mr. Oli resigning.
“They took him from his residence this morning,” Min Bahadur Shahi, a elder person of Oli’s Commmunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) told Reuters.
Police spokesperson Om Adhikari confirmed the detainment of Mr. Oli and his Home Minister, Ramesh Lekhak.
Rapper-turned person Balendra Shah was sworn in connected Friday (March 27, 2026) arsenic Prime Minister aft a winning the March 5 parliamentary elections.
