KARNALI: Police have arrested six of the eight inmates who escaped from Dolpa District Jail after digging a tunnel, with two more fugitives apprehended on Sunday.
The latest arrests include Hari Bahadur Budha of Tripurasundari Municipality-4 in Dolpa and Yagya BK of Jajarkot. They were captured while hiding in a forest above Rangaun in Tripurasundari Municipality-4, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Anil Raj Giri of the District Police Office, Dolpa.
According to Giri, both Budha and BK were serving prison sentences in a rape case. Earlier, on 18 Kartik, police arrested Kali Prasad Rokaya and Kapil Pariyar, both from Jajarkot, while they were hiding at the house of Kamala Budha in Rangaun, Tripurasundari Municipality-4.
Similarly, Ram Bahadur BK of Rukum West and Resham Rana of Salyan were arrested on 17 Kartik, said Santosh Singh Rathore, spokesperson for the Karnali Provincial Police Office in Surkhet.
Eight prisoners escaped from Dolpa District Jail on 14 Kartik by digging a tunnel. With six of them now in police custody, authorities have intensified efforts to track down the remaining two fugitives, according to the Karnali Provincial Police Office.
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