KATHMANDU, April 6 -- A Nepal court extended the detention of former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and his ex-home minister for a further five days yesterday as investigators examine their alleged roles in a deadly crackdown on protests last year.

Police arrested Oli, 74, and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak on March 28, a day after Prime Minister Balendra Shah was sworn in following the first elections since the September uprising that toppled Oli's government.

Authorities are investigating their alleged involvement in the crackdown on demonstrations that killed at least 76 people.

Neither man has been formally charged and both deny responsibility for the violence.

"The court has granted five days' extension," Kathmandu Distric...