Kathmandu, Nov 9: Police have arrested all six of the eight inmates who staged a daring jailbreak from Dolpa District Prison by digging a tunnel beneath the prison premises on October 31. A search is underway for the remaining two escapees.
Two more inmates were arrested on Sunday while hiding in a forest above Rang Gaun in Tripurasundari Municipality-4, Dolpa, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Anilraj Giri of the District Police Office, Dolpa.
The latest arrestees have been identified as Haribahadur Budha of Tripurasundari Municipality-4 and Yagya BK of Jajarkot. Both were serving prison sentences in rape cases, Giri said.
Earlier, on November 4, police arrested Kaliprasad Rokaya and Kapil Pariyar, both from Jajarkot, while they were hiding at the house of Kamala Budha in Rang Gaun.
Similarly, Ram Bahadur BK of Rukum West and Resham Rana of Salyan were arrested on November 3, said Santosh Singh Rathore, spokesperson for the Karnali Province Police Office in Surkhet.
The jailbreak involved eight inmates who managed to escape by digging a tunnel, in an operation that exposed a serious security lapse at the district prison.
Police have so far recaptured six of the escapees, while efforts are continuing to track down the remaining two, the Karnali Province Police Office said.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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