Nepal

180 detainees fled during Gen Z protest still at large

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

File: Prisoners are escorted back to jail after attempting to escape by setting the facility on fire after the Gen Z protests in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, the third day of an army-imposed curfew. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

BARDAGHAT, MARCH 16 One hundred and eighty inmates out of those escaping the Nawalparasi Jail during Gen Z movement last September are still at large. Of them, 150 are men and 30 women. A total of 546 detainees had escaped from the Nawalparasi Jail on September 9. Of them, 362 returned to jail while four others have been kept in another prison, said an employee at Jail Administration Nawalparasi, Kiran Aryal. Some of the detainees had returned to prison themselves while police had arrested some others. The Jail Administration had issued a notice, asking the escaped detainees to return to the jail. The district custody had 575 detainees before Gen Z movement. Of them, 41 were Indian prisoners. Thirty eight Indian prisoners are still absconding while police arrested three Indian detainees and handed them to the custody. Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Bir Dutta Panta, shared that search for those at large is on.