Nepal's former prime minister arrested over protest crackdowns

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March 28 (UPI) -- Nepal's former prime minister, KP Sharma Oli, was arrested on Saturday for crackdowns during protests last year, which more than 70 people being shot by police. Former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak was also arrested for the response to the so-called Gen Z protests, which started after the government shutdown access to social media sites and inspired larger protests across the country over government corruption and a faltering economy. Oli, whose administration deployed the