Overview
- The Supreme Court on Monday refused interim relief for former PM KP Sharma Oli and ex–Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak and issued a show-cause notice that requires the government to explain the legal basis for their detention.
- A Kathmandu District Court on Sunday ordered five days of judicial custody to support the probe, and Oli remained under hospital care as he appeared before the court by video link.
- Police detained both leaders in pre-dawn raids on Saturday after the Balendra Shah government moved to implement the Karki Commission report on the 2025 Gen Z protests, which left at least 76 people dead.
- Supporters of Oli’s UML party staged fresh rallies in Kathmandu and other districts, with hundreds calling for his release and rejecting the commission’s findings.
- The investigation widened with the Tuesday arrest of former Kathmandu chief district officer Chhabi Rijal and with money-laundering inquiries intensifying into several former ministers and prime ministers.