KATHMANDU: A total of 68 inmates who escaped from Tanahun Prison during the Gen-Z movement on September 9 are still at large, police have said.
Of the 327 inmates held at the prison at the time, 259 have since returned, while the remaining inmates are yet to come back, according to police.
Even after three months since the incident, police have intensified the search operation for those who remain out of contact.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Shravan Kumar Bik said that while some inmates have returned to the prison voluntarily, others are being tracked down and arrested.
Meanwhile, police on Thursday arrested 22-year-old Suman Pariyar of Palungtar Municipality–7 in Gorkha district, who had escaped from the prison during the Gen-Z movement.
Pariyar, who was serving a sentence in a theft case, was arrested by a police team deployed from Tanahun and has been sent back to prison for necessary legal action, police said.
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