The 4,530 prisoners who escaped from various prisons across the country on Bhadra 24 during the Gen-G movement have not yet been arrested. One-third of the prisoners who escaped from 28 prisons and juvenile correctional homes, including the Central Prison Sundhara, Nakkhu Prison Lalitpur, and Jhumka Prison Sunsari, on Bhadra 24, are still at large.

14,555 prisoners and detainees escaped from police custody cells. Of these, only 10,013 have been arrested. More than 1,000 prisoners among the escapees are foreign nationals. According to the Police Headquarters, 14,555 prisoners and detainees escaped from various prisons, detention/reform homes and police custody cells during investigations. Of these, only 10,013 have been arrested. Except for a few of the escapees, most of the foreign prisoners are absconding. Some of them have returned to prison on their own. The Prison Management Department had issued an 'ultimatum' to district administrations across the country in a circular on 10 Asoj to return the escaped prisoners. It had warned that if the escaped prisoners did not return by 20 Asoj, they would face additional punishment.

The Department of Prison Management had formed a task force under the coordination of the Assistant Chief District Officer of the concerned district to search for and arrest prisoners who had escaped by vandalizing and setting fire to prisons during the Gen-G movement and subsequent protests in each district. The Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and the Army had also mobilized their mechanisms to search for the escaped prisoners.

The mandate was to update the records of prisoners who had returned and those who were yet to return as per the records before 24 Bhadra, appeal to prisoners to return to prison by 20 Ashoja, otherwise action will be taken according to the law, publish/broadcast a notice as soon as possible, update the details of prisoners who have yet to return and send them to the task forces formed in other districts, and send the names of prisoners who had escaped to schools/universities, toll plazas, clubs, public transport, bus parks, entertainment venues, border checkpoints and other places deemed necessary to facilitate the search. During the operation that followed, about 4,000 were arrested. Before the operation, about 6,000 prisoners were taken into custody, some were arrested and some returned to prison on their own. The Ministry of Home Affairs has stated that only two-thirds of the prisoners have been returned to prison so far.

Of the escaped prisoners, about 1,000 are foreign nationals. They have been convicted of crimes including murder, rape, robbery, banking crimes, cooperative fraud, wildlife smuggling, fraud, corruption, and other crimes, and are under trial and investigation under court orders. Despite security agencies tightening border controls, citing the risk that escaped prisoners could flee to India, 5,500 are still outside prison. Security agencies have mentioned in their security reports that escaped prisoners will pose a security threat even in the House of Representatives elections scheduled for February 21. An official from the Ministry of Home Affairs says that escaped prisoners have been considered a 'security threat' in the meetings of the National Security Council, Central Security Committee, internal meetings of security agencies, provincial security conferences, district security committees, and other mechanisms, and this risk still remains, according to an official from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Anti-government protests were held across the country on August 24 in protest against the repression of the Gen-G movement on August 23. During that protest, when it turned violent, police barracks/offices were burned down. More than 1,200 weapons, including INSAS, SLRs and pistols, were looted from the police. About 100,000 rounds of ammunition for those weapons were also missing from the police records. The police had also pointed out the risk that gangs could emerge as armed groups in the country under the guise of missing weapons and ammunition and prisoners. There is a risk that prisoners who escaped during the Gen-G movement and looted weapons could be used to carry out criminal activities in the upcoming elections.