Kathmandu, March 31 -- Former Prime Minister and CPN-UML chairperson KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak will be in custody for at least three days as the Supreme Court refused to issue an interim order for their release.

Two different single benches of the top court on Monday issued separate show cause notices against the Balendra Shah government to explain in writing the reasons for their arrests. The police on Saturday morning arrested Oli and Lekhak on for their alleged negligence that led to the deaths of protesters during the Gen Z-led uprising in September.

Claiming that the Shah government's move was unlawful and biased, Radhika Shakya, Oli's wife, had on Sunday lodged a writ petition demanding his immediate rel...