Nepal's former prime minister KP Sharma Oli has been arrested over his alleged involvement in a deadly crackdown on protests last year.

Axar.az informs, citing BBC, more than 70 people were killed, many of them protesters shot by police, during an uprising in September - which was sparked by a social media ban but fuelled by simmering anger over corruption and poor economic conditions.

Ex-home minister Ramesh Lekhak was also arrested on Saturday, after a panel appointed to investigate the unrest recommended the pair be prosecuted for criminal negligence.

It comes a day after the nation's new prime minister, 35-year-old rapper-turned- politician Balen Shah, was sworn in following an election triggered by the crisis.