Former Nepal Prime Minister and Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) K.P. Sharma Oli gestures while being taken to a hospital from the District Police Range after his detention by police in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Saturday, March 28, 2026.
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A new government installed in Nepal after earlier this month’s seismic electoral shift has stoked political tensions with the arrest of former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli.The police on Saturday arrested Mr. Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak on charges of culpable homicide during last September’s Gen Z protests. Published - March 28, 2026 08:00 am IST
