Kathmandu, Jan. 2 -- The inquiry commission probing the use of force and incidents of violence during the Gen Z protests in September has lifted the travel ban imposed on Ramesh Lekhak, who was the home minister at the time.

The commission decided on Thursday, allowing Lekhak to leave the Kathmandu Valley and travel abroad without prior approval.

The commission had earlier barred then prime minister KP Sharma Oli, Lekhak, former inspector general of police Chandra Kubar Khapung, then home secretary Gokarnamani Duwadi, then Kathmandu chief district officer Chhabilal Rijal, and former National Investigation Department chief Hutaraj Thapa-from foreign travel and leaving Kathmandu Valley while it investigated the deadly crackdown and subseq...