The commission investigating the death of 75 people during the youth-led protest in Nepal has banned former prime minister K P Sharma Oli and four former officials from travelling abroad.

The judicial enquiry commission, headed by Gauri Bahadur Karki, a retired High Court judge, wrote to the government Sunday to ensure that Oli and the four others don’t leave the country. “As they are under the purview of the investigation, they should not be leaving the capital without its prior consent,” Karki wrote.

Along with Oli, the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), the others under investigation include Nepali Congress leader and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, former chief of intelligence Hutaraj Thapa, former home secretary Gokarna Mani Duwadi and Kathm

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