Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta Paschim), Sept 25: Prisoners who escaped from Nawalparasi prison in course of the nationwide Gen-Z protests continue to return.
Jailer Bikal Shrestha shared that 222 of the 546 prisoners who escaped on September 9 have returned to the prison so far. The prisoners overpowered the security of the prison and escaped, Jailer Shrestha said. However, 17 men and 12 women chose not to run away from the prison.
He said the prisoners were issued a notice and requested to return, and the prisoners started returning to the prison on a daily basis.
Jailer Shrestha said that 40 of the prisoners who escaped from Nawalparasi Prison are Indian citizens, adding that one has already returned to the prison. According to him, 13 prisoners from Nawalparasi Prison have gone to other prisons in the country and six from other prisons have come here.
Jailer Shrestha informed that two Moroccans and one South African citizen (prisoner) who escaped from the Central Prison are currently in Nawalparasi Prison.
