LIVE: Ex-Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli Arrested Over Violent 2025 GenZ Protests
Former Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli and former Nepal Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested over violence in Gen Z protest crackdown within 24 hours of former rapper Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, swearing in as the country’s 47th Prime Minister. The three-year-old party led by rapper-turned-politician Balen Shah secured a landslide victory in the general elections.
The dramatic events unfolded early this morning in connection with a culpable homicide case linked to the violent clashes during the September 2025 Gen Z protests.
KP Oli was taken into custody from his residence in Gundu, Bhaktapur, on Saturday morning. Lekhak was arrested earlier the same morning at his residence in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur, around 5 AM.
Both KP Sharma Oli and his then Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak have been accused of doing nothing to prevent the killings of 19 young protesters during the massive youth-led uprising on September 8 last year. An official probe into the killings had recommended criminal prosecution against the two, plus the then chief of Nepal Police, Chandra Kuber Khapung. After 19 youths were killed during the protests in 2025, Kathmandu Mayor Balen Shah, who is now the new Nepal PM, had written on Facebook – ‘KP Oli is a terrorist. Arrest him.’
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