Panel wants prosecution of ousted Nepal PM Oli over violence in Gen Z protests

A Nepali panel recommends prosecuting former PM Oli for negligence in Gen Z protest violence, amid a new government's swearing-in.

A commission set up to investigate Nepal’s Gen Z protests in September last year — and the subsequent violence — has recommended action against then-Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and other senior officials.

The report of the commission, led by former Judge Gauri Bahadur Karki, has yet to be officially released. But the leaked report, seen by The Hindu, recommends that Mr. Oli be investigated and prosecuted for “reckless” and “negligent killings” for failing to stop lethal firing on September 8.

At least 19 youth were killed in police firing on September 8, the first day of protests called by Nepali youth demanding an end to corruption and the establishment of clean governance and accountability.

The protests led to the fall of the Oli government.

At least 76 people were killed and 2,522 injured during the two-day Gen Z protests, the commission report says, though the government had earlier put the death toll at 77.

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