Report on Recent Protests Submitted to Police for Implementation; Former PM Oli, Home Minister Recommended for Criminal Investigation

The report submitted by the high-level investigation commission, which investigated the protests held on Bhadra 23 and 24, has been sent to the police for implementation. The report submitted by the commission led by Gauribahadur Karki has been sent to the police as per the decision of the Council of Ministers. SSP Ramesh Thapa of the District Police Range Kathmandu informed Ratopati that the report has arrived for implementation.

The investigation commission had recommended initiating criminal proceedings against former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and the then Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak. The police have arrested both individuals and started an investigation. Although the commission recommended criminal proceedings against all office bearers of the Central Security Committee, the Council of Ministers decided to form a separate committee to study the case concerning the security agency officials.  

On Bhadra 23, teenagers lost their lives after being shot by the police. A total of 76 people died during the protests. The commission analyzed the BTS (Base Transceiver Station) data of 174,420 mobile phones present at the protest site on Bhadra 24.

The report submitted by the commission led by Gauribahadur Karki to the government was based on the BTS analysis of mobile numbers used by people present at the incident sites. The report mentions that the BTS analysis was conducted on SIM card users of telecom service providers Ncell and Nepal Telecom at the locations where protests occurred in Kathmandu Valley and 15 districts outside the valley.