Former PM Oli and Congress Leader Ramesh Lekhak to be Presented in Court on Sunday

Kathmandu. Former Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister and Nepali Congress leader Ramesh Lekhak are scheduled to be presented in court on Sunday.

Since the court is closed on Saturday, the police will keep them in custody and present them in court on Sunday, requesting permission for further investigation. They will be presented to the District Court Kathmandu via the District Government Attorney's Office, Kathmandu, for investigation while in police custody.

The police have the legal provision to keep both Oli and Lekhak in custody for investigation for up to 24 days. However, the District Court must grant permission for this on Sunday.

Both Oli and Lekhak are currently being held at the District Police Range, Kathmandu. The police arrested Oli and Lekhak this morning from Bhaktapur in the process of implementing the report submitted by the commission led by former Justice Gauribahadur Karki, which was formed to investigate the facts of the Jengji movement incidents of Bhadra 23 and 24.

The Karki Commission had recommended investigating and prosecuting then-Prime Minister Oli, then-Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, and then-Inspector General of Nepal Police Chandrakuber Khapung, stating that people died during the Jengji movement due to negligence and carelessness.