About 7 thousand 843 prisoners and detainees were returned/returned
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About 7,843 prisoners and detainees have been arrested among those who escaped from various prisons/jails and police custody during the 'Zen-G' movement. Of the 14,043 escaped prisoners and detainees, 6,200 are still absconding. About 1,000 of the fugitives are foreign nationals.
On the day after the state suppressed the protest by Jen-Ji on 23rd August, when the demonstration broke out, the prisoners and detainees escaped by vandalizing and setting fire to the prison and police custody. On August 24, 28 prisons/juvenile correctional homes and more than 150 police custody were vandalized and set on fire.
According to Chomendra Neupane, director of the prison management department, about 7,443 prisoners who broke out of the prison have been arrested till Wednesday evening. According to the Nepal Police, about 400 detainees have been arrested among those who escaped from the detention cell. According to the police officials, they will also be investigated on the charges of breaking the detention cell and creating havoc.
According to the department and the police, about 6,200 prisoners and detainees are still absconding. About 1,000 foreign prisoners are among those who escaped. Citizens of China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other countries escaped on August 24, hiding the opportunity of vandalism and arson in the prison. Some of the prisoners who escaped after the arson and vandalism returned on their own, while others are being arrested by the police.
Among the escaped prisoners, there are those who have been convicted and remanded for charges such as drugs, murder, robbery, rape, smuggling, corruption, fake Bhutanese refugee case, foreign currency smuggling. Former Deputy Prime Minister Top Bahadur Rayamazhi, former Secretary Tek Narayan Pandey, security adviser of the then Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Indrajit Rai, who were in the Central Jail during the trial in the case of fake Bhutanese refugees, escaped. Rayamazhi, Pandey and Rai have returned to jail.
Chudamani Upreti, also known as Gore, who is serving his sentence in the gold smuggling case, has also returned to Dillibazar Jail. Keshav Dulal and Sanu Bhandari, who are in the Central Jail during the preliminary investigation in the refugee case, were arrested by the police from the valley on Tuesday evening. Ravi Lamichhane, the President of RSVP, who is in Nakkhu prison pending trial in the co-operative fraud case, has also returned.
The police concluded that there is a high security threat from the prisoners who escaped on August 24. During the outbreak of violence, more than 1,200 weapons, including INSAS, SLRs and pistols, were looted from the police barracks/offices alone. About 100,000 rounds of ammunition of those weapons have also disappeared from the police records. The police have also pointed out that there is a risk of the emergence of armed groups in the country due to missing weapons and shootings and prisoners.
Due to the open border between Nepal and India, there is a risk that some prisoners may cross. Keeping this in mind, security checks at international borders have been tightened. There is also a high possibility of prisoners and detainees escaping from prisons and police custody and fleeing abroad under different names. Paying attention to the security challenges that have arisen after the Gen-G rebellion in Nepal, countries including UAE, Qatar and Malaysia have started taking measures to take workers. UAE has suspended visit and working visas for now.
