New home minister says arrest of former leader is the ‘beginning of justice’. Published On 28 Mar 202628 Mar 2026 Nepal’s police have arrested former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and ex-Home Affairs Minister Ramesh Lekhak over their alleged involvement in a deadly crackdown on protesters last year. The detentions on Saturday came a day after Prime Minister Balendra Shah and his cabinet were sworn in after the first elections since the 2025 uprising that toppled Oli’s government. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list “They were arrested this morning and the process will move forward according to the law,” Kathmandu Valley police spokesman Om Adhikari said. According to The Kathmandu Post, Oli, 74, was taken into custody from his residence in Bhaktapur, a suburb of the capital, Kathmandu. Images later showed Oli waking into a hospital, dressed all in white, and surrounded by police officers. Lekhak was also detained on Saturday from another area of Bhaktapur, his personal secretary Janak Bhatta told the Post. In a statement on Facebook, new Home Minister Sudan …