Nepal has frozen the passports of deposed prime minister KP Sharma Oli, his home minister Ramesh Lekhak and three others in connection with the violent suppression of the Gen-Z protests early this month.

One of the injured protesters died while undergoing treatment in a hospital in Kathmandu Monday, taking the death toll in the two-day protests to 76.

Days after Sushila Karki was sworn in as the prime minister of the interim government, a Cabinet meeting September 21 formed the judicial inquiry commission to investigate the excessive use of force by security agencies during the Gen Z protests that led to deaths.

On Sunday, the high-level judicial commission recommended freezing the passports of Oli and four others. The home ministry moved to freeze the passports on the recommendation of

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