Overview

• The interim government named retired judge Gauri Bahadur Karki to lead a three-member judicial panel with Bigyan Raj Sharma and Bishweshwor Prasad Bhandari, with a three-month deadline to report.
• The commission’s mandate covers loss of life and property, alleged excesses by security forces and protesters, and accountability for arson and vandalism.
• The September 8–9 turmoil killed 74 people and injured more than 2,100, with fires engulfing the complex housing the prime minister’s office, Supreme Court and parliament, as well as high-end private properties.
• Gen Z organizers demanded the immediate arrest of K.P. Sharma Oli, former home minister Ramesh Lekhak and Kathmandu chief district officer Chhabi Rijal, along with a wide-ranging wealth probe dating back to 1990.
• Oli denied ordering police to fire and called for scrutiny of outside infiltrators and the weapons used, as the interim cabinet recognized the dead as martyrs with cash relief and insurers recorded about 1,984 claims totaling roughly NRs 20.70 billion.