Nepal’s ‘Jen Ji rebellion’ that took place on 8 and 9 September 2025: Pre-planned conspiracy of violence and arson

Kathmandu. Shocking facts have come to light regarding the ‘Genji Movement’ that took place on 8 and 9 September 2025 to demand good governance and removal of the ban imposed on social media by the then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli-led government. According to the detailed investigation report of the National Human Rights Commission, this demonstration was not spontaneous and peaceful, but there was serious pre-planning to make it violent and destructive.

The report said that while one group wanted to keep the movement peaceful, the other group had planned to “hijack” it and even set fire to the Parliament House. Elements with ill intentions were active in inciting violence by systematically infiltrating the crowd of youth gathered in Maiti Ghar demanding removal of social media ban.

According to the Commission, preparations to make the movement violent had started even before the demonstration through digital mediums. In the name of making the movement “result oriented”, some persons hacked the digital boards and websites of various schools and displayed slogans like “No more screens, we are on streets” and “We dont want likes – we want change – 8 September 2025”.

Not only this, a day before the protest, a public call was made from a TikTok account named “Wake Up Nepal” to prepare petrol bombs by writing “Anything could happen in tomorrow’s protest, so be ready with a Molotov cocktail…” The Commission has said that artificial intelligence generated images and videos showing burning of government structures like Parliament House and Singh Darbar were already viral on social media, which confirms pre-planning for the demolition.

The report also mentioned a conspiracy to use students as “human shields”. By creating a fake Facebook page in the name of Nepal Police, the illusion was spread that the police would not be able to use force against those coming in student uniform. On this pretext, everyone was appealed to come to the demonstration wearing school uniform.

The Commission has considered the deactivation of those social media accounts after the incident as evidence of a planned move. The report said that despite such prior information and clues, the government and security agencies failed to shut down such accounts or refute the rumors, which shows their serious weakness.

The Commission has written in its report that an attempt was made to create “human shields” by involving students in the movement by confusing the protesters through fake Facebook pages. On the basis of the statements of the security personnel, the Commission has considered this fact as established.

According to the report, Sudan Gurung, Ankit Mall and Khemraj Saud of the organization “Hami Nepal” and others had taken permission for the peaceful protest from the district administration office by estimating the presence of 500 to 800 people. But even before the protest started, tents, health volunteers and three ambulances were arranged for first aid in Maitighar Mandla, which the Commission has considered suspicious.

The group of Raksha Bam and Jasmine Ojha, considered leaders of the Jenji movement, who reached the protest site around 9 am on September 8, had objected to this preparation and also questioned Sudan Gurung as to why such huge medical preparations were made for a peaceful demonstration. However, Gurung could not give a clear answer to this.

The protest, which started from Maitighar at 10.30 am, went beyond the limits set by the administration and reached in front of Everest Hotel in New Baneshwar via Babar Mahal, after which the situation became violent. Suddenly a group of 15 to 20 bikers wearing black T-shirts and having “TOB” tattoos on their bodies entered the crowd of about 25 thousand people. According to the Commission, this group worked to instigate and excite the crowd.

At around 12 o’clock, the protesters led by Sudan Gurung started breaking the security barricade and entering the restricted area, after which a clash with the security forces started and the situation turned into a violent riot.

The commission’s report states that the police used tear gas and water cannon only after an encounter with security personnel. After this, the angry mob pelted stones in front of Gate No. 1 of the Parliament House and vandalized the water cannon of the armed police. The crowd became so violent that even the ambulance, the vehicle of the Human Rights Commission’s monitoring team were vandalized and set on fire and the employees were beaten up.

The Commission has concluded that the “TOB” group took over the peaceful protest of the youth and attempted to attack and arson the Parliament House. It has been said in the report that when such a situation arose, the organizers did not make any effort to stop the infiltration, hence the main responsibility for the loss of life and property lies with the organizers only.

The Commission has also said that there is a need for further in-depth investigation as to who were the bikers with T-shirts and tattoos with “TOB” written on them, what was their relationship with the organizers and on whose instructions were they working.