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 during Gen Z anti-corruption protests last September, officials said. His home minister, Ramesh Lekhak, was also arrested. 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 win this month.

Source: Egypt Independent March 28, 2026 09:16 UTC