Jhapa: As many as 92 inmates who escaped from the prison and police posts in various places of the district during the Gen Z protests on September 9 have not yet come into contact, the District Police Office Jhapa said. The absconding inmates included 36 from the Anarmani area police office, 51 from the Damak area police office, and five from the Jhilmil area police office.
According to National News Agency Nepal, Jhapa Police Spokesperson Khagendra Bahadur Khadka confirmed that the search for the prisoners who escaped from the jails is ongoing as they have not yet communicated with authorities. The protesters had set ablaze and vandalized the police offices in Damak, Birtamod, Jhilmil, and Kakadbhitta in the district.
It is informed that the Nepal Army squad had already retrieved the firearms that were seized by the protesters before the Birtamod Area Police Office was set on fire.