Rape convict who fled Kaski prison during Gen Z protests caught in Mustang after 15 months

Narayan Ghimire, 48, a convict in a rape case who escaped from Kaski prison amid the Gen Z protests, has been arrested 15 months later. He was caught at a hotel in Mustang.

According to Online Khabar, Ghimire had been sentenced to 16 years in prison in the rape case. He had escaped from prison amid the chaos during the protests.

On the same day he fled the prison, he reached a hotel in Lakeside, Pokhara. Online Khabar reported that he later went as far as India before arriving in Mustang.

Police took him into custody from Mustang after he had remained at large for a long time.