Two more inmates who fled Dolpa prison caught in forest, total arrests reach 6

Two more inmates who fled the Dolpa prison office in Dunai have been arrested. According to the District Police Office, Dolpa, they were caught in the forest above Rang village, Tripurasundari Municipality-4.

Those arrested are 25-year-old Yagya Bika of Barekot Rural Municipality-1 in Jajarkot and one other person from Dolpa. Police said both of the arrested men had been serving sentences after being convicted in rape cases.

Police said the two had been hiding in various places since escaping from the prison. So far, six of those who fled the prison by digging a tunnel have been arrested.

Two of the escapees are still to be caught. Police said the search for the remaining fugitive inmates is continuing.