KATHMANDU: The high-level commission led by former Justice Gauri Bahadur Karki, tasked with studying the Gen-Z protests in September 2025, has reported that evidence from the Baneshwor incident on September 8 was not properly preserved.
According to the commission’s report obtained by Khabarhub, lethal force was used by security agencies during the clashes at Baneshwar, but the spent ammunition and shells were not secured as evidence.
“The clash between protesters and security forces at Baneshwar on September 8 involved the use of lethal force. After the incident, the spent ammunition and shells should have been recorded and preserved as evidence. However, no such record appears to exist,” the report states.
The commission noted that the absence of proper records may be linked to the tense situation that persisted in Baneshwar until the evening of September 8, making crowd control a higher priority than evidence collection the following morning. It also highlighted the possibility that the police did not preserve the evidence due to concerns it could be used against them.
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