Kathmandu, Jan. 5 -- The inquiry commission formed to investigate the incidents of September 8-9 has lifted the movement restrictions on CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli, who was prime minister during the protests, a day after recording his statement at his Gundu-based residence in Bhaktapur.

A commission team had reached Oli's residence on Sunday to take his statement. Oli had been publicly questioning the neutrality of the commission and had refused to appear at its office. Oli accused commission chair Gauri Bahadur Karki himself of being biased against him. The commission, however, remained firm that his statement must be recorded in some form.

Bigyan Raj Sharma, a member of the inquiry panel, said that the movement ban was lifted after O...