Nepal ex-PM Oli gives defiant message after release from custody
Oli and former interior minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested on March 28, a day after Prime Minister Balendra Shah took office following the first elections since the September uprising brought down Oli's government.
Lekhak was also released from custody on Thursday, police said. Neither man has been formally charged, and both deny responsibility for the violence.
"Although the government filed a criminal case with prejudice and vindictiveness and illegally detained me... I have finally been released...