Sanu Bhandari and Keshav Dulal, accused in the case of fake Bhutanese refugees who escaped from the Central Jail on August 24, have been arrested. After the violence erupted during the demonstration, the prisoners including Bhandari and Dulal escaped from the prisons.

According to the Kathmandu Valley Police Office, both of them were arrested on Tuesday afternoon. 

On August 24, 14 thousand 43 people who were in 28 prisons/detention centers and police stations across the country escaped.

Among those who escaped from prison, the then secretary of UML, Top Bahadur Rayamazhi, has returned. The accused in the refugee case, former secretary Teknarayan Pandey and then Home Minister Ramhadur Thapa's security adviser Indrajit Rai, are still absconding.