Ex-Nepal PM Sharma Arrested Over 2025 Gen Z Protests

Former Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been arrested by Nepal Police from his residence in Bhaktapur in connection with an alleged culpable homicide case linked to the suppression of the September 2025 Gen Z-led anti-corruption protests.

Nepali Congress leader and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak was also arrested earlier from his residence in the same case. 

The arrests follow a formal complaint filed by the Home Ministry, which triggered an investigation and led to



the issuance of arrest warrants.

According to a report by The Kathmandu Post, police officials said the action is being carried out to implement recommendations made by a commission led by former Special Court judge Gauri Bahadur Karki.

The commission recommended that Oli, Lekhak, and then Inspector General of Police Chandra Kuber Khapung be charged under Sections 181 and 182 of the National Penal Code for criminal negligence, which carries a proposed prison sentence of up to 10 years.