
Less than 24 hours after Balendra “Balen” Shah, 35, took oath as Nepal’s prime minister, his govt Saturday ordered the arrest of former PM KP Sharma Oli, 74, and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak over Sept 2025 crackdown on Gen Z protesters.
The govt in Kathmandu said it was acting on a key campaign promise and on the “leaked” Gauri Bahadur Karki commission report that recommended a criminal probe into their role in violence that followed the agitation last year in which 76 people died.