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Nepal Update: Former PM Oli and former Home Minister Lekhak arrested

Nepal's former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak have been arrested. They were taken into custody on Saturday morning following the report prepared by the inquiry commission led by Gauri Bahadur Karki, which investigated Nepal’s Gen Z protests that took place in September last year.

FILE PHOTO: Nepal's former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (L) and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak (R).

FILE PHOTO: Nepal's former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (L) and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak (R). Credit: Abhishek Maharjan/Sipa USA/AAP (L), Facebook/Ramesh Lekhak (R)

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By Pratichya Dulal

Source: SBS


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