Former home minister also detained a day after new PM sworn inFormer prime minister KP Sharma Oli gestures while being taken to a hospital from a police station in Kathmandu on Saturday. Authorities are investigating whether he was negligent in preventing dozens of deaths during protests in the Nepalese capital last year. (Photo: AFP)KATHMANDU - Nepal’s former prime minister, KP ​Sharma Oli, was arrested on ‌Saturday as police investigate whether he was negligent in failing to prevent dozens of deaths during Gen Z anti-corruption protests last September, officials said. The panel held Oli responsible ​for not taking any action to stop hours of firing that killed at least 19 Gen Z protesters on the first day of the demonstrations. Anger over ‌the deaths helped ⁠sweep Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party ​to a landslide election victory earlier this month.

Source: Bangkok Post March 28, 2026 07:40 UTC