Overview
- Oli and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak, arrested Saturday after warrants based on the Karki Commission report, are in police custody in Kathmandu.
- A district court ordered Oli held for further investigation, and doctors kept him in a hospital due to chronic heart and kidney conditions.
- The commission said it found no proof of an order to shoot but concluded leaders failed to stop firing that killed at least 76 people, including minors.
- Supporters of Oli’s CPN-UML staged street protests and lawyers filed court petitions challenging the arrests as politically motivated.
- Prosecutors are weighing charges under penal code provisions on deaths caused by negligence that carry potential prison terms of three to ten years.