Nepal’s former prime minister KP Sharma Oli has been taken to hospital following his arrest over his alleged involvement in a deadly crackdown on protests last year.
Oli was admitted to a clinic in Kathmandu as a part of routine police procedure soon after his arrest at his home early on Saturday morning, officials say.
More than 70 people were killed, many of them protesters shot by police, during an uprising in September – which was sparked by a social media ban but fuelled by anger over corruption and economic conditions.
Ex-home minister Ramesh Lekhak was also arrested on Saturday, after a panel appointed to investigate the unrest recommended the pair be prosecuted for criminal negligence.
Oli was admitted to hospital pending results from medical tests and given his age and medical history of two kidney transplants, the hospital’s information office told BBC Nepali.
