Nepal's former premier Oli arrested over deaths during Gen Z protests
KATHMANDU: Nepal's former premier, KP Sharma Oli, was arrested on Saturday as police investigate whether he was negligent in failing to prevent
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Nepal's former premier Oli arrested over deaths during Gen Z protests
KATHMANDU: Nepal's former premier, KP Sharma Oli, was arrested on Saturday as police investigate whether he was negligent in failing to prevent dozens of deaths in a strict enforcement on Gen Z-led anti-graft protests last September, stated representatives.
Oli's detention, which his lawyer stated was illegal and sparked protests by supporters who clashed with police, followed rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah's swearing in as premier on Friday and a recommendation by a panel investigating unrest during the protests that he should be prosecuted for negligence.
76 individuals were killed last September during a police strict enforcement and fire-setting and violent unrest during the protests, which led to Oli's resignation.
After his detention on Saturday, supporters staged demonstration rallies and clashed with police who tried to stop them burning tyres near the premier's office. Police lobbed a teargas shell and used batons to break up the protests, injuring one person, witnesses stated.
Oli's Communist Faction of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) called his detention illegal and stated it was an statute of "revenge". It demanded his immediate release and stated more protests were planned for Sunday.
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