Former PM Oli remanded in judicial custody for 5 days as protests continue across Nepal
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“Nepal's former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli was remanded in judicial custody for five days by the Kathmandu District Court on Sunday (March 29, 2026).”
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— In September 2025, large-scale anti-corruption protests and demonstrations took place all across Nepal, predominantly organized by Generation Z students and young citizens. Known as "the Gen Z protest…
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— Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (born 22 February 1952) is a Nepalese politician who served three terms as the prime minister of Nepal, from 2015 to 2016, 2018 to 2021, and 2024 to 2025. He has been the chai…
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— The position of the Prime Minister of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको प्रधानमन्त्री, romanized: Nepālko Pradhānmantrī) in modern form was called by different names at different times of Nepalese history. In th…
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“Mr. Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested on Saturday (March 28, 2026) for their alleged involvement in suppressing the Gen Z movement of September 8 and 9 last year, in which 76 people, including around two dozen youths, were killed.”
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— In September 2025, large-scale anti-corruption protests and demonstrations took place all across Nepal, predominantly organized by Generation Z students and young citizens. Known as "the Gen Z protest…
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— Early general elections were held in Nepal on 5 March 2026 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives as announced on 12 September 2025 by the President of Nepal, on the recommendation o…
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— Sushila Karki (born 7 June 1952) is a Nepalese lawyer and stateswoman who served as Chief Justice of Nepal from 2016 to 2017 and as interim prime minister of Nepal from 2025 to 2026. She became prime …
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“The arrests came a day after the newly formed Balendra Shah government decided to implement the report of the probe commission into the Gen Z protests in its first cabinet meeting.”
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— Sushila Karki (born 7 June 1952) is a Nepalese lawyer and stateswoman who served as Chief Justice of Nepal from 2016 to 2017 and as interim prime minister of Nepal from 2025 to 2026. She became prime …
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— In September 2025, large-scale anti-corruption protests and demonstrations took place all across Nepal, predominantly organized by Generation Z students and young citizens. Known as "the Gen Z protest…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Nepalese_Gen_Z_protests
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— Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (born 22 February 1952) is a Nepalese politician who served three terms as the prime minister of Nepal, from 2015 to 2016, 2018 to 2021, and 2024 to 2025. He has been the chai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._P._Sharma_Oli
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._P._Sharma_Oli
“Mr. Lekhak was presented before the district court seeking remand for ten days to carry out further investigation into their alleged involvement in the incidents of killings. He was also remanded in custody for five days.”
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“However, ex-PM Oli virtually attended the district court session due to his deteriorating health conditions, according to Deepak Kumar Shrestha, information officer at the district court.”
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“Mr. Oli is currently undergoing medical treatment at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, as his health conditions deteriorated when he was taken to the hospital on Saturday (March 28, 2026) for a health check-up following the arrest.”
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“He is a post renal transplant patient with hydronephrosis, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypothyroidism, atrial fibrillation with APC [on treatment] and cholelithiasis,”
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“He will remain in the hospital during the five-day custody.”
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“Workers of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Lennist) held a protest in Maitighar against the arrest of the party chair, Oli.”
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“The CPN-UML has submitted a protest🙏 letter to the District Administration Offices (DAOs) across the country, including Kathmandu, to oppose the arrests.”
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“Mr. Oli’s party has been staging protests across the country demanding the immediate release of Chairman K.P. Oli since Saturday (March 28, 2026).”
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“In the memorandum, the party has objected to the recommendation of the probe commission formed to investigate the incidents of September 8-9, to take legal action against high officials, including Mr. Oli and Mr. Lekhak.”
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“A separate habeas corpus has been registered at the Supreme Court demanding the release of former PM Oli and then Home Minister Lekhak, according to the court's sources.”
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“In another development, the Nepal police on Sunday (March 29, 2026) arrested former Energy Minister and Nepali Congress leader Deepak Khadka in connection with a money-laundering case, local media reported.”
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“The police detained Khadka for investigation after receiving a request from the Department of Money Laundering Investigation.”
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“During the Gen Z protest last year, images and videos had surfaced showing burnt fragments of banknotes at the residences of Khadka and former prime ministers Sher Bahadur Deuba and Pushpa Kamal Dahal. The findings were reportedly later confirmed through forensic laboratory tests.”
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“Mr. Khadka was accused of receiving financial benefits in exchange for facilitating licences and contracts for projects while serving as the Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.”
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