KATHMANDU, March 29: Former Home Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) leader Ramesh Lekhak was presented before the Kathmandu District Court on Sunday, a day after his arrest over allegations of suppressing the Gen Z protests.
Authorities are also preparing to produce former prime minister and CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli before the court.
Oli, Lekhak to be produced in court today
The arrests follow recommendations made by a probe commission led by Gauri Bahadur Karki, which was formed to investigate the protests that took place on September 8-9. The probe commission had held then prime minister Oli, then home minister Lekhak, and other officials in positions of responsibility accountable, recommending legal action against them.
Both leaders were taken into custody on Saturday morning based on the probe commission’s findings.
