Kathmandu, Oct. 1 -- Nepal's interim regime has frozen the passports of deposed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, along with four other officials. The measure was taken due to their connection with the violent suppression of the nationwide Gen Z protests on September 8 and 9.

Nepal's Home Ministry moved to freeze the passports on the recommendation of the judicial commission investigating the suppression. During the Gen Z protests on September 8, nineteen youths were killed in and around the federal parliament building at New Baneshwar when police hurled live ammunition to prevent the advance of youths, The Kathmandu Post reported.

Apart from Oli, four other officials are facing passport freeze - Ramesh Lekhak, then home minister, then home...