Kathmandu, Dec. 7 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is still waiting for statements from then prime minister KP Sharma Oli and his home minister Ramesh Lekhak before finalising its report on the heavy loss of life and property during the Gen Z protests in early September that claimed 76 lives.

The constitutional human rights watchdog has been investigating the human loss in the first day of protest on September 8 and unprecedented loss to public and private property on the second day on September 9. Lily Thapa, a member of the commission who is leading the investigation, said they are in the final stage of completing the report. "Statements from 154 people have already been recorded in connection with the incidents," she tol...