Kathmandu, March 28 Former Prime Minister of Nepal, K.P. Oli, was arrested on Saturday, a day after the newly formed government of Balendra Shah implemented the report of the investigation commission on the Gen Z protest that shook the nation last year.
Oli, also the chairman of CPN-UML, was arrested in the Gundu area of the Bhaktapur district, 12 km east of Kathmandu, early Saturday morning, according to police.
Former Home Minister and Nepali Congress leader Ramesh Lekhak has also been arrested from his residence in Katunje, Suryabinayak Municipality, in the Bhaktapur district, police added.
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 young people, were killed.
The investigation commission formed to investigate the incident surrounding the Gen Z movement has recommended legal action against Oli and Lekhak, among others, under criminal law.
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 investigation commission.
"No one is above the law," wrote Home Minister Sudhan Gurung in a social media post after the arrest.
"We have taken into custody former Prime Minister K.P. Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak. This is not an act of revenge against anyone, but just the beginning of justice," he said.
"I believe that the country will now take a new direction," he added.
Both Oli and Lekhak have been taken into custody at the Kathmandu District Police Circle in Bhadrakali, said the police.
The investigation commission has recommended a prison sentence of up to three to ten years for the offense.
A senior police officer at the Kathmandu District Police Circle told