Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal has said that more than 5,000 prisoners who escaped from various prisons in the country during the Gen-G protests are yet to be arrested. Aryal also said that the government is working to arrest the prisoners who are still absconding.

During a discussion on the peace and security situation and preparations for the upcoming elections at the meeting of the Federalism Strengthening and National Concerns Committee on Thursday, Home Minister Aryal informed that a total of 14,554 prisoners had escaped from various prisons in the country in the incidents of Bhadra 23 and 24. Of these, '9,541 have been brought back so far and 5,013 are yet to be arrested,' Aryal said.

Aryal said that the government is still working to arrest the escaped prisoners. 'A list of the escaped prisoners has been made public to arrest them. Letters have been sent to all bodies not to provide services if such escaped prisoners come to public bodies to seek services,' he said. 'A task force has been formed in all district administration offices under the coordination of the Assistant Chief District Officer and the search has been intensified. Similarly, the work of running a special operation to search for the escaped prisoners has been taken forward through the security bodies.'

Home Minister Aryal did not provide the parliamentary committee with the figures on how many weapons were looted. He said that due to security concerns, it is not possible to provide figures on how many weapons are yet to be returned out of the looted ones.

Home Minister Aryal also said that the aim of the interim government formed for the elections is to hold peaceful, fair and impartial elections on Falgun 21. 'The government has taken serious steps by taking the escaped prisoners and looted weapons as the main security challenges. The government is confident that the elections will be held in a fair, impartial and fear-free environment by overcoming all the challenges, and the support, cooperation and cooperation of all the common people are indispensable in this,' he said. 'It is the primary responsibility of the current government to hold the elections on Falgun 21. We are eager to hold the elections on time as per the responsibility given to us and hand over to the elected representatives as soon as possible.'

Similarly, Home Minister Aryal also informed the parliamentary committee that Rs. 1.5 million in relief has been provided to the families of those who died in the Gen-G movement on Bhadra 23 and 24. 'A total of 45 people, including 3 immortal policemen and 42 Gen-G good governance warriors, who were martyred in the demonstration, have been declared martyrs.' To facilitate the identification and treatment of the injured, identity cards have been distributed, arrangements have been made for free treatment of the injured, emergency expenses have been provided for immediate relief to the injured, and free ambulances have been arranged in case they need to go for re-check-ups,' he said.