STORY: Nepal's former prime minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, was arrested on Saturday (March 28) as police investigate whether he was negligent in failing to prevent dozens of deaths during Gen Z anti-corruption protests last September, officials said.

Oli, 74 and who has had two kidney transplants in the past, was subsequently transferred to a hospital from the police office.

Oli was taken into custody one day after rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah was sworn in as prime minister and after a recommendation by a Nepali panel investigating violence during the protests that he should be prosecuted for negligence.

A total of 76 people were killed in two days of unrest, which led to Oli resigning.

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SHOWS: KATHMANDU, NEPAL (MARCH 28, 2026) (REUTERS –Access all)

1. FORMER NEPAL PRIME MINISTER K.P. SHARMA OLI, (IN WHITE) SURROUNDED BY POLICE, LEAVING STATION

2. POLICE CAR AND WHITE CAR CARRYING OLI LEAVING

3. (SOUNDBITE) (Nepali) LAWMAKER FROM COMMUNIST PARTY OF NEPAL, KSHITIJ THEBE, SAYING:

"The Communist Party of Nepal will go to the street, parliament and court for justice. He (Oli) is always on the side of democracy and accepts the rule of law."

4. PEOPLE GATHERING OUTSIDE DISTRICT POLICE RANGE KATHMANDU / ARMED POLICE FORCE ON TOP OF BUILDING

5. VARIOUS OF ARMED POLICE FORCE OUTSIDE DISTRICT POLICE RANGE

6. WALL WITH SIGN READING (English): “DISTRICT POLICE RANGE KATHMANDU”

7. VARIOUS OF POLICE IN FRONT OF DISTRICT POLICE RANGE

8. VARIOUS OF POLICE VEHICLES INSIDE DISTRICT POLICE RANGE

9. (MUTE) VARIOUS STILL PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING OLI, SURROUNDED BY POLICE, LEAVING STATION