Leaked Karki Commission report flags excessive force, leadership failures in deadly Gen Z protests

KATHMANDU, March 26: A government probe into the deadly September 8–9 Gen Z protests has found that security forces used excessive force and that failures in political and administrative leadership worsened the crisis, according to a leaked report that has surfaced nearly three weeks after its submission. The commission has recommended disciplinary action against ousted Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the then Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak and then Inspector General of Nepal Police Chandra Kuber Khapung as well as several senior officials of Nepal Police and Armed Police Force.