Nepal's former prime minister Oli arrested over deaths during Gen Z protestsArrest and AftermathBy Gopal SharmaKATHMANDU, March 28 (Reuters) - Nepal's former prime minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, was arrested on Saturday as police investigate whether he was negligent in failing to prevent dozens of deaths in a crackdown on Gen Z-led anti-corruption protests last September, officials said. Political ReactionsOli's Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) called his arrest illegal and said it was an act of "revenge". Election Defeat and Political ContextELECTION DEFEATOli was prime minister four times between 2015 and 2025 but never served a full five-year term. Anger over the deaths in September's protests helped Shah's Rastriya ⁠Swatantra Party win the election by a landslide.

Source: Hindustan Times March 28, 2026 01:58 UTC