India, Sept. 13 -- Nepal's first woman chief justice Sushila Karki took oath on Friday as the Himalayan nation's interim prime minister to lead a six-month transition to elections, two days after violent anti-corruption protests ousted the government.

The neighbouring country of 30 million people was plunged into chaos earlier this week after security forces tried to crush rallies by young anti-corruption protesters. At least 51 people were killed in the worst violence since the end of a civil war and the abolition of the monarchy in 2008. Former prime minister KP Sharma Oli quit on Tuesday as houses of top politicians were ransacked and Parliament was set ablaze.

"I, Sushila Karki... take an oath in the name of the country and the peop...