Kathmandu, April 18 -- Former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who had been admitted right after being arrested for homicide, has been discharged from the hospital after three weeks.

Oli, also the chairman of the CPN-UML, underwent surgery for a gallbladder stone earlier this week and was discharged on Saturday evening, the private secretariat announced.

Within hours of arrest on 28 March, Oli was admitted to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj following health issues.

As per the doctors, Oli underwent surgery to remove a 22 mm stone from his gallbladder last week. The hospital discharged him on Saturday after his health condition improved.

According to hospital sources, his recovery has been satisfactory fol...