One of the Indian prisoners turned himself in, four arrested
More than half of the prisoners and detainees who were released from Bharatpur Jail have returned to the jail themselves. Among the returnees is Kali Bahadur Kham. Kham was the commander of the third division of Maoist fighters at that time.
Kham 2080, who has been on the run for 15 years after Koteshwar businessman Ramhari Shrestha was killed in the Shaktikhor barracks of Chitwan, where the third division's temporary camp is located. He was arrested in March of the year.
Shrestha, who was 'abducted' from Koteshwar and brought to Shaktikhor in 2065, was beaten to death and a case was filed against Division Commander Kham. After that, Kham, who escaped arrest for a long time, was arrested and sent to Bharatpur Jail as per the order given by the Chitwan District Court to proceed with the case.
During the Zenji movement, from August 24, inmates in various prisons of the country including Kathmandu Valley started demonstrating and breaking the prison and escaping. As the situation in Bharatpur Jail became tense on 25th August, all the prisoners in the Jail were released.
On the same day, the administration issued a notice to arrest all the prisoners who were released from the prison and take further action against those who did not return. According to the information, the administration said that nothing will be done to the prisoners and detainees who return on their own.
Kali Bahadur Kham appeared in Bharatpur prison on 30th of August, Jail Chief Rabindra Dhungana said. He also informed that he was kept in Bharatpur for two days and transferred to Kathmandu Central Jail.
Jail chief Dhungana said there were 742 people in the jail, including men, women and four minors dependent on women. Before August 25, one of those in prison was sent to Nepalgunj and one to Pokhara for statement, but they had not returned. There were 46 female prisoners in the prison. So far, 473 people have returned to Bharatpur jail on their own, including 35 female prisoners and detainees and two minors dependent on them. Apart from this, the head of office Dhungana informed that 10 prisoners who were released from Bharatpur and detainees were arrested elsewhere.
14 male and three female prisoners and detainees in Bharatpur Jail were Indian citizens. Among the released from prison, four Indian male prisoners have been returned to Nepal by Indian security officers from Sunauli Bodar. Dhungana said that an Indian himself appeared in the prison. Others are being sought.
