Rukum West, Nov. 4: Police in Rukum West have arrested two of the eight prisoners who escaped from Dolpa District Prison after digging a tunnel.
The two were arrested while police were searching for the eight inmates who escaped from the district prison in Thuli Bheri Municipality-3, Dolpa, on Saturday morning.
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Bed Bahadur Paudel, Chief of the District Police Office, the two were arrested on Tuesday morning at Kholibagar in Damachaur, Aathbiskot Municipality-6, Rukum West.
The arrested prisoners have been identified as 32-year-old Ram Bahadur BK of Aathbiskot Municipality-10, Rukum West, and 28-year-old Resham Rana of Kumakh Rural Municipality-5, Salyan. Both were serving prison sentences in rape cases.
A police team deployed from the Chaurjahari Base Camp and Gotamkot Police Post arrested them during a vehicle inspection. They were travelling towards Radi in Aathbiskot in a vehicle when police intercepted them.
They have been kept at the Gotamkot Police Post. A search operation is under way to locate the remaining six escapees.
