The government has placed six people, including then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and then Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, on the immigration blacklist. However, neither the commission nor the government has provided any formal information to the concerned individuals.

On the recommendation of the commission formed to investigate the incidents of Bhadra 23 and 24, Oli and the writer, along with the then Home Secretary Gokarna Mani Duwadi, the then Chief of the National Investigation Department Hutraj Thapa, and the then Chief District Officer of Kathmandu Chhabilal Rijal, have been blacklisted. The then Police Chief Chandrakuber Khapung, who retired on Kartik 27, has been added to the same list. 

The commission of inquiry has put the then Prime Minister, Home Minister, Home Secretary, Police Chief, Head of the Investigation Department, and Chief District Officer under investigation for using excessive force to suppress the Gen-G movement on Bhadra 23 and failing to manage peace and security the next day. The commission had recommended to the government to ban foreign travel and to make arrangements for them to travel outside the Kathmandu Valley only with permission, citing the reason that they should be present for statements at any time. 

They have also been placed on the immigration blacklist as per the commission's recommendation. Former Prime Minister Oli's secretariat has said that it heard news about the location limit from the media and has not received any information about being placed on the blacklist. 'Former Prime Minister Oli has not received any formal information from the government or the commission about the decision not to leave the Kathmandu Valley and not to go abroad,' his personal secretary Rajesh Bajracharya told Kantipur.

Former Home Minister Lekhak also said that he had heard about the location limit from the media and had not received any further information. 'I have heard from the media that the location limit has been imposed so that they cannot leave the Kathmandu Valley without permission,' he said, 'but no formal information has been provided to date.' According to the Home Ministry, the then Home Secretary Duwadi, the then Police Chief Khapung and others have not been formally informed about this matter.

A Home Ministry official said, 'We have written to the relevant bodies only for the implementation of the decision taken by the commission. If information needs to be given to people under investigation, it should be given by the commission, not by us.’ Commission of Inquiry member and spokesperson Vigyanraj Sharma says that the public statement issued by the commission should also be considered official.

‘After the formation of the commission, we were in a hurry, focused on the main responsibility of keeping the work in order, it is right to send a letter, but the information given through a public statement is also a legal process,’ he says.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has stated that six people have been placed on the immigration blacklist, implementing the recommendation of the commission of inquiry. ‘According to the letter sent by the commission to ban foreign travel, the Ministry of Home Affairs had decided and written to the Immigration Department for necessary action. That is what was implemented by the department,’ said Home Affairs Spokesperson Anand Kafle. 

Immigration can place people who are absconding for various crimes, are under investigation, are under trial after a court order, are convicted of a crime and are serving their sentence, and those who need to be monitored by the government on the ‘blacklist’ to prevent them from traveling abroad. Rule 14 (b) of the Immigration Regulations 2051 states that the Immigration Department can block departure on the basis of ‘information received from an authorized official with reasons for blocking departure from Nepal’. 

Meanwhile, the Commission has started taking statements from high-ranking employees who have been placed under house arrest. The statement of Thapa, the then head of the National Investigation Department, began on Tuesday. His statement will also be held on Wednesday, the Commission said. The Commission said that preparations are underway to take statements from other employees and leaders soon. ‘The issue of lifting or continuing the ban on the relevant persons will be decided only after the investigation,’ said Commission spokesperson Sharma. 

The government, which was formed on the basis of the Gen-G rebellion, had formed a three-member commission under the chairmanship of former Justice Gauri Bahadur Karki on 5 Asoj to investigate the incidents of 23 and 24 Bhadra. The Commission decided to place all five people under house arrest next week and issued a circular to the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs to make necessary arrangements. The commission's term is now less than a month. 76 people were killed in the Gen-G movement on 23 Bhadra and the protests the following day.