The judicial inquiry commission formed to investigate the September 8–9 killings, arson and other violent activities has so far received around a dozen complaints. According to the commission, two private companies have filed complaints detailing the losses they incurred, while others were submitted individually.

During the Gen Z movement, 74 people were killed, and most of the complaints lodged so far have come from the police. Two complaints were filed by families of the injured, who demanded that those in power at the time face criminal action under the penal code for the deaths caused by state suppression on September 8.

The police officers deployed in the field have also registered complaints mentioning the burning of police offices and the looting of weapons. Their five-page complaints describe in detail how the looting and intrusion occurred, particularly on September 9.

The officers’ names have been kept confidential, and they have demanded immediate legal action against those identified as firing indiscriminately with modern weapons.

Another complaint seeks the recording of call details between Rastriya Swatantra Party Acting President DP Aryal, RSP leader Rabi Lamichhane’s wife Nikita Poudel Lamichhane, RSP Vice President Swarnim Wagle, AIG Dan Bahadur Karki, then Kathmandu CDO Chhabilal Rijal, former home secretary Gokarna Mani Dawadi, and Chief Secretary Ek Narayan Aryal. The complaint also alleges that the Nakkhu Prison was attacked with a plan to release Lamichhane.

The complainants have requested that all video footage from social media related to the incidents be examined and that statements be taken from police communication officers stationed in the control room who transmitted orders from senior to junior levels.

Bhatbhateni Supermarket has filed a complaint claiming losses over Rs11 billion across 20 stores, including 12 that were completely destroyed. The company said goods worth more than Rs500 million were looted and many others rendered unusable due to vandalism. Similarly, Global College in Kathmandu, which protesters set on fire alleging it catered to politicians’ children, reported the destruction of buildings worth around Rs700 million.

Formed on September 21, the commission is chaired by former judge Gauri Bahadur Karki, with former AIG Bigyan Raj Sharma and legal expert Bishweshwar Prasad Bhandari as members. Although its term is three months, the commission spent its initial 20 days setting up operations—first at the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, before relocating to Singha Durbar due to space constraints.

The commission has begun preparations to take statements from police personnel deployed from Maitighar Mandala to New Baneshwar and Tinkune on September 8.

According to spokesperson Sharma, statements will first be recorded from field officers and then from higher-ranking officials following the chain of command. “We will begin with constables, then field commanders, followed by senior officials,” he said.

After interviewing security officials, the commission plans to summon political figures, including chiefs of all four security agencies, members of the National Security Council, then home secretary Gokarna Mani Dawadi, former home minister Ramesh Lekhak, and eventually the erstwhile prime minister KP Sharma Oli.

The commission has also sought reports from prisons nationwide regarding the escape of inmates, including details from Nakkhu Prison on Lamichhane’s release—how he was freed and how many inmates escaped alongside him.

It has asked the Supreme Court, political party offices, and the private sector to submit reports on property damage. The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Confederation of Nepalese Industries have also been requested to provide details.

To recommend legal action against those involved in vandalism and damage to public property, the commission has begun collecting evidence, urging the public to submit photos, videos, or CCTV recordings via email, WhatsApp, or directly at its Singha Durbar office. Police collected/ received over 37,000 photos, videos, and social media links related to arson, looting, and public property damage.

According to DIG Binod Ghimire, these materials will be thoroughly analysed, and findings shared with the commission as part of the ongoing criminal investigation. The commission recently returned the complaints filed against then prime minister Oli and former home minister Lekhak to the police, stating that criminal investigations fall under police jurisdiction.

Complaints filed by the UML'’s youth wing National Youth Federation Nepal and Congress’s student wing Nepal Students’ Union have been taken under notice, the commission said. The commission also plans to review media reports as part of its evidence-gathering process.