Kathmandu, Dec. 4 -- Just over two weeks from its deadline, the commission investigating the deaths and large-scale destruction during the September 8-9 Gen Z protests has yet to question then-prime minister KP Sharma Oli or his home minister Ramesh Lekhak. But a commission member said they are preparing to summon the two leaders soon.

The three-member panel, headed by former Special Court chair Gauri Bahadur Karki, was formed on September 21 by the interim government led by Sushila Karki, and asked to submit its report within three months. But so far it has not summoned the politicians who led the government and handled internal security at the time of the protests.

A total 76 people were killed during the protests-19 unarmed youths we...