According to jailer Chiranjivi Sapkota, the government had issued a notice on Bhadra 10 immediately after the incident, asking the escaped prisoners to return by Asoj 20. He said that even after the time allotted for prisoners to voluntarily return, 256 prisoners have not yet been contacted.
Of the prisoners who escaped from Kailali Prison on Bhadra 24 during the Gen-G movement, 256 have not yet been arrested. 665 prisoners escaped from Kailali Prison on that day.
According to jailer Chiranjivi Sapkota, the government had issued a notice on Bhadra 26 immediately after the incident, asking the escaped prisoners to return by Asoj 20. He said that even after the time set for the prisoners to voluntarily return, 256 prisoners have not been contacted yet.
‘Out of the 667 prisoners in Kailali Prison, 665 escaped by breaking the gate on the day of the incident,’ jailer Sapkota said. ‘During the incident, one prisoner did not want to escape and remained inside the prison, while the other was undergoing treatment.’ According to him, as of Monday, 396 of the escapees and those arrested by security personnel have returned to the prison.
According to jailer Sapkota, of those who have returned to the prison, 20 of those who escaped from other prisons have returned to Kailali Prison, while 11 who escaped from Kailali have returned to other prisons. "Some prisoners who have completed their prison terms under the legal process have also been released in the meantime," he said. "Currently, there are 400 prisoners in the prison, including 1 woman who voluntarily returned from the prison on Monday, and 36 women."
In the incident on the afternoon of Bhadra 24, a large group of protesters broke through the outer gate of the prison and entered the prison premises. According to a police security personnel at the scene, no one was injured in the incident as there was no clash between the prisoners who were breaking through the prison gate and escaping and the violent group of protesters who came from outside. "A vehicle in the prison was set on fire and completely damaged, while the scooter and bicycle of a police officer were also vandalized by the protesters.
At the time of the incident, 21 Indian prisoners were in the prison. 2 of them have returned to the prison, while 19 are still absconding, said Jailer Sapkota. He also informed that while a large number of prisoners escaped, the weapons of the security personnel were safe.
