A Nepali panel set up to investigate the violence during ​anti-corruption protests in September last year ‌has recommended that former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli be prosecuted for “negligence” for failing ​to prevent dozens of deaths.

The ​panel held Oli responsible for not ⁠taking any action to stop hours ​of firing that killed at least 19 ​Gen Z protesters on the first day of anti-corruption demonstrations that brought down the Himalayan ​nation’s government.

A total of 76 ​people were killed and 2,522 wounded during two ‌days ⁠of unrest, the panel said in its report released late on Wednesday night.

The government had earlier said 77 ​people had ​died.

“As ⁠the executive head … Oli should be held responsible for anything ​good or bad,” the 970-page ​report ⁠said in Nepali.

The report also held Oli’s home minister, Ramesh Lekhak, and the ⁠then ​police chief, Chandra Kuber ​Khapung, responsible and said they should be prosecuted.