Nepal’s ex-PM Oli arrested over alleged role in crackdown on protesters
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- Nepal's former prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli and ex-home minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested over alleged involvement in a crackdown on protesters during the 2025 uprising. An inquiry commission reported 76 deaths in the anti-corruption protests, with unrest spreading nationwide after initial demonstrations over a social media ban.
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“Nepal’s ex-PM K.P. Sharma Oli arrested over alleged role in crackdown on protesters”
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“Nepal’s former prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli and ex-home minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested on Saturday over their alleged involvement in a deadly crackdown on protesters in September, police said.”
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“The detentions came a day after Prime Minister Balendra Shah and his cabinet were sworn in after the first election since the 2025 uprising that toppled 74-year-old Oli’s government.”
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“An inquiry commission into the violence found that at least 76 people were killed in the anti-corruption youth uprising on September 8 and 9.”
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“At least 19 young people were killed in a crackdown on the first day of protests, which began over a brief social media ban but tapped into long-standing fury over economic hardship.”
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“The unrest spread nationwide the following day as parliament and government offices were set ablaze, resulting in the collapse of Oli’s government.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the sequence of events leading to Oli's government collapse