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An enquiry committee probing the incidents related to last year's Gen Z protests connected Monday (January 5, 2026) lifted the question restrictions imposed connected erstwhile Prime Minister and Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) [CPN (UML)] main K.P. Sharma Oli.
The determination to assistance the restrictions was taken astatine a gathering of the committee here, said Bigyan Raj Sharma, spokesperson of the commission.
The improvement comes a time aft Mr. Oli sent a ceremonial reply to a missive from the probe committee seeking clarification implicit the 'excessive' usage of unit during the Gen Z movement.
On September 28 past year, the committee barred Mr. Oli from travelling overseas and from leaving the Kathmandu Valley without its anterior approval.
The youth-led Gen Z protestation connected September 8 and 9 against corruption, nepotism, and a societal media ban escalated into violence, starring to the ouster of Mr. Oli’s conjugation government.
At slightest 77 radical were killed during the two-day Gen Z protests. Of them, 22 were killed connected the archetypal time of the protests.
A three-member enquiry commission, led by erstwhile Judge Gauri Bahadur Karki, was formed by the interim authorities of Prime Minister Sushila Karki to probe allegations of usage of excessive unit and rights violations during the youth-led protests.
A squad from the committee connected Sunday (January 5, 2026) visited Mr. Oli's residence successful Gundu of Bhaktapur territory and handed him a missive consisting of astir 4 twelve questions. The committee received a written connection from the erstwhile Prime Minister connected the aforesaid day.
