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Nepal's Gurung Returns as Home Minister, Orders New Royal Massacre Probe

Sudhan Gurung, a Gen-Z leader and re-appointed Home Minister of Nepal, holds a press conference after taking charge for the second time in less than two months in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 9, 2026. Gurung, who resigned from the post in April following his connection to a controversial businessman, returns as Home Minister. He outlines his four major policy decisions aimed at reforming national security and addressing unresolved high-profile cases, stating that ''every criminal file in the country will now be reopened.'' Gurung announces that further investigation into the Narayanhiti Royal Palace incident of June 1, 2001, will proceed by reviewing previous reports. The event, in which the entire family of then-King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah was killed, remains one of the most mysterious in Nepali history. (Photo by Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto)