 "A protester wearing a flak jacket and carrying a shield snatched from a policeman, during the Nepal Gen Z protests. (File-AP: Niranjan Shrestha)")
Nepal’s interim government, led by Sushila Karki, on Sunday announced the formation of a three-member commission to probe the ‘Gen Z’ protests that left 72 people dead and contributed to the fall of the K P Sharma Oli government.
The commission will be headed by former Supreme Court judge Gauri Bahadur Karki, with former additional inspector general of police Bigyan Ran Sharma and legal expert Bishweshwor Prasad Bhandari as members, Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal told reporters at Singhdurbar Secretariat.
The panel has been tasked with submitting its findings to the government within three months.
The creation of a high-level commission to investigate the killings in Kathmandu on September 8 and 9 was a central demand of the Gen Z movement.
The group, on Saturday, called for the arrest of former Prime Minister Oli and ex-Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, accusing them of involvement in a shootout that killed 19 protesters on September 8.
The nationwide protests, sparked by allegations of corruption and a social media ban, resulted in the deaths of at least 72 people, including three police officers.
Since 2008, when Nepal became a republic, the army has tried to stay away from politics. Occasionally it gets dragged in when political leaders decide who will lead the armed forces.
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