{"id":280355,"date":"2026-03-29T01:12:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=280355"},"modified":"2026-03-29T01:12:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:42:49","slug":"nepals-former-pm-arrested-over-gen-z-protest-crackdown-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/nepals-former-pm-arrested-over-gen-z-protest-crackdown-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal&#8217;s former PM arrested over Gen Z protest crackdown last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KATHMANDU, 28 Mar:<\/strong> Nepal&#8217;s former prime minister KP Sharma Oli was arrested on Saturday, a day after the newly formed government of Balendra Shah implemented the probe commission report on the Gen Z protest that rocked the nation last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oli, also the CPN-UML chair, was arrested at the Gundu area of Bhaktapur district, 12 km east of Kathmandu, early Saturday morning, according to the police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former home minister and Nepali Congress leader Ramesh Lekhak has also been arrested from his residence at Katunje of Suryabinayak municipality in Bhaktapur district, police added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both Oli and Lekhak have been arrested on charges of their involvement in suppressing the Gen Z movement of 8 and 9 September last year, in which 76 people, including around two dozen youths, were killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0The probe commission formed to investigate the incident surrounding the Gen Z movement has recommended legal action against Oli and Lekhak, among others, under criminal offence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nepal&#8217;s newly formed government, led by Balendra Shah, in its first Cabinet meeting on Friday decided to immediately implement the recommendations made by the probe commission.\u00a0 (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU, 28 Mar: Nepal&#8217;s former prime minister KP Sharma Oli was arrested on Saturday, a day after the newly formed government of Balendra Shah implemented the probe commission report on the Gen Z protest that rocked the nation last year. Oli, also the CPN-UML chair, was arrested at the Gundu area of Bhaktapur district, 12 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-280355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280371,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280355\/revisions\/280371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}