Kathmandu, March 29 (IANS) Police on Sunday arrested Nepali Congress leader and former Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Deepak Khadka, in a money laundering case, a senior police officer said.A day after former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested in homicide-related cases linked to the suppression of the Gen Z movement in September last year, Khadka is the third person from the Oli-led government’s cabinet to be arrested.Senior …
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Kathmandu, March 28 (IANS) The arrest of Nepal’s former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Saturday morning sparked protests across the Kathmandu Valley by cadres of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML), led by Oli.Police arrested Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak in connection with homicide-related cases linked to the suppression of the Gen-Z uprising in early September last year. Both were arrested early in the morning from their residences in Bhaktapur di…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Nepal’s former Prime Minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, was arrested early on Saturday in connection with a culpable homicide case stemming from the violent suppression of anti-corruption protests in September 2025, which ultimately led to his removal from office.The crackdown, widely referred to as the “Gen Z protests,” claimed the lives of more than 70 people, many of whom were shot by police during mass demonstrations triggered initially by a social media ban and fuel…
Kathmandu, March 28 (IANS) The newly elected government of Nepal has arrested former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak in connection with a culpable homicide-related case linked to the suppression of Gen Z protests that left several protesters dead.Following the swearing-in of Prime Minister Balendra Shah and his ministers on Friday, a Cabinet meeting held on the same day had decided to implement the report of the High-Level Inquiry Commission formed to investig…
Kathmandu, March 25 (IANS) A high-level inquiry commission formed to investigate incidents during last year’s Gen-Z movement in Nepal has recommended a criminal investigation and prosecution of former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, and then Police Chief Chandra Kuber Khapung. The commission, led by Gauribahadur Karki, pointed to recklessness and negligence by Oli and Lekhak in connection with the deaths of protesters on September 8, and recommended action ag…