Nepal: Commission on protests calls for trial of former premier and interior minister

The report of the judicial commission set up to investigate the Generation Z protests that broke out in September in Nepal states that the Nepalese army was aware that the 8 September demonstration could have degenerated dangerously. The report recommended that the then PM Sharma Oli, his Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak and the then police chief Chandra Kuber Khapung be charged under Sections 181 and 182 of the Penal Code for criminal negligence, with a proposed jail sentence of up to 10 years. This was reported by the Kathmandu Post.

The report also recommended that action be taken against then Home Secretary Gokarna Mani Dawadi, armed police chief Raju Aryal, former head of the National Investigation Department Hutaraj Thapa and then Kathmandu district chief Chhabi Rijal. During the youth-led protests, a total of 77 people lost their lives.