Kathmandu, March 31 -- Police have arrested Chhabilal Rijal, former chief district officer of Kathmandu, in connection with last year's Gen Z protests crackdown.

A police team detained him from his residence in Baneshwar on Tuesday morning, said Kathmandu Valley Police Office chief Ishwar Karki. "A team from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office took him into custody," he said.

Rijal was arrested in connection with the implementation of a report related to the Gen Z protests held on September 8-9.

Former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak have already been arrested in the same case.Two different single benches of the top court on Monday issued separate show cause notices against the Balendra S...