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Kathmandu, Mar 28: Nepal’s Former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli was arrested on Saturday, a day after the newly formed government of Balendra Shah implemented the probe commission report on the Gen Z protest that rocked the nation last year.<\/p>\n

Oli, also CPN-UML chair, was arrested at the Gundu area of Bhaktapur district, 12 km east of Kathmandu, early Saturday morning, according to the police.<\/p>\n

Former Home Minister and Nepali Congress leader Ramesh Lekhak has also been arrested from his residence at Katunje of Suryabinayak Municipality in Bhaktapur district, police added.<\/p>\n

Both Oli and Lekhak have been arrested on charges of their 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.<\/p>\n

The probe commission formed to investigate the incident surrounding the Gen Z movement has recommended legal action against Oli and Lekhak, among others, under criminal offence.<\/p>\n

Nepal’s newly formed government, led by Balendra Shah, in its first cabinet meeting on Friday, decided to immediately implement the recommendations made by the probe commission.<\/p>\n

“Nobody is above the law,” wrote Home Minister Sudhan Gurung in a social media post after the arrest.<\/p>\n

“We have taken under control former Prime Minister KP Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak. This is not a revenge against anybody, just the beginning of justice,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I believe that now the country will take a new direction,” he added.<\/p>\n

Both Oli and Lekhak have been taken into detention at the Kathmandu District Police Circle in Bhadrakali, said the police.<\/p>\n

The probe commission has recommended a jail sentence of up to three to ten years for the offence.<\/p>\n

A senior police officer at the Kathmandu District Police Circle told PTI that they will be presented before the Kathmandu District Court on Sunday, as it is a holiday on Saturday. Then the process of investigation in the case will start, he added.<\/p>\n

K P Oli was taken to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital for medical examination soon after the detention.<\/p>\n

This is part of a legal process of investigation, said a police officer.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, CPN-UML has called an emergency meeting of the party’s secretariat at its central office in Lalitpur to discuss the situation.<\/p>\n

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