BIRENDRANAGAR, Nov 4: Police have arrested two more prisoners who escaped from the Dolpa District Jail. They were found hiding at a local resident's house in Rang village, Ward 4 of Tripurasundari Municipality.
The two were arrested from the house of Kamala Budha during a search operation to track down prisoners who escaped from the jail at around 6 am on Kartik 14 or October 31.
Seven escaped prisoners arrested in Jhapa
Those arrested have been identified as 29-year-old Kaliprasad Rokaya of Tripurasundari Municipality-7 and 19-year-old Kapil Pariyar, also known as Kailash, of Nalgad Municipality-9 in Jajarkot.
Rokaya was serving an eight-year prison sentence for rape, while Pariyar had been sentenced to three years for burglary.
Police had earlier arrested two other escapees: 32-year-old Rambahadur BK of Aathbiskot Municipality-10 in Rukum West and 28-year-old Resham Rana of Kumakh Rural Municipality-5 in Salyan.
According to Santosh Singh Rathor, spokesperson for the Karnali Province Police Office in Surkhet, four of the eight prisoners who escaped have now been arrested. Police are continuing their search for the remaining four.
