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Nepal Arrests Ex-Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli Over 2025 Protest Killings

The new government signals a push for accountability following a damning inquiry into Gen Z-led bloodshed.

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L'ex-Premier ministre KP Sharma Oli (Archives) [Sanjit Pariyar / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP]
Balendra Shah [Sunil Pradhan / ANADOLU / Anadolu via AFP]
Un incendie ravage le Singha Durbar, principal bâtiment administratif du gouvernement, au lendemain d'une répression policière contre des manifestations dénonçant l'interdiction des réseaux sociaux et la corruption au sein du gouvernement, le 9 septembre 2025 au Népal

Overview

  • Police detained K.P. Sharma Oli and former interior minister Ramesh Lekhak on Saturday, a day after new Prime Minister Balendra Shah took office and his cabinet moved to act on an inquiry’s recommendations.
  • The cabinet decided Friday to follow the commission’s call for criminal investigations of senior leaders, which also named former police chief Chandra Kuber Khapung.
  • The 900-page report, built on more than 200 witness interviews, found at least 76 people were killed and over 2,400 injured, and it recorded fatal gunshot wounds in 48 of 63 autopsies.
  • Investigators said they could not prove a formal order to open fire but concluded leaders failed to stop live rounds being used, and Oli has repeatedly denied telling police to shoot.
  • Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party won 182 of 275 seats on March 5 and named protest figure Sudan Gurung as interior minister, raising expectations for swift justice from families of those killed.