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The country’s former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was arrested on Saturday (28 March 2026) in connection with the investigation into the Gen Z protests that took place in Nepal in September last year. In the meeting of the newly formed cabinet held on Friday (27 March 2026) under the chairmanship of Nepal’s new Prime Minister Balendra Shah Balen, it was decided to immediately implement the commission’s report. Nepal’s Home Minister Sudan Gurung has reacted on this. He posted on the social media platform Facebook and wrote, ‘No one is above the law. We have controlled former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and outgoing Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak. This is not revenge for anything, this is just the beginning of justice. I believe that now the country will take a new direction.
Nepal Police said that Oli, president of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML), was arrested early Saturday from Gundu area of Bhaktapur district, 12 km east of Kathmandu. It said that former Home Minister and Nepali Congress leader Ramesh Lekhak was also arrested from his residence in Katunje of Suryavinayak Municipality of Bhaktapur district. Oli and the writer have been arrested for their involvement in suppressing the ‘Gen Ji’ movement that took place on September 8 and 9 last year. 76 people including many youth were killed in this movement.
How many years can the jail term be?
The commission formed to investigate the incidents related to the Zen Ji movement has recommended legal action in the criminal case against Oli and the author and others. The newly formed government of Nepal led by Balendra Shah in its first cabinet meeting on Friday decided to immediately implement the recommendations of the inquiry commission. Police said that Oli and the writer have been kept in custody at the Kathmandu District Police Circle in Bhadrakali. The inquiry commission has recommended a prison sentence of three to 10 years for this crime.
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