54 escaped prisoners return to Chitwan Jail

Bharatpur: Inmates who escaped from the Bharatpur Jail in Chitwan have started returning voluntarily.

Among the inmates who escaped after breaking jail on Wednesday morning, 54 have surrendered. A total of 740 inmates had fled from Bharatpur Jail.

Chief of Chitwan District Jail, Ravindra Dhungana, shared the information that the escapees have started to return gradually.

The inmates had breached the security perimeter of the Nepal Army, the Armed Police, and the Nepal Police to escape. Dhungana informed that the escaped inmates are coming back after telephonic calls.

‘The atmosphere on Wednesday was different. At the moment, everyone fled,’ Dhungana said, ‘Now the escapees are returning, maybe because they realise the government would not leave them wherever they are’.

The inmates had started vandalizing the jail and set fires, which put the security personnel in a difficult position to control them.

After the incident of arson, the security personnel were forced to let the inmates go. The inmates had set the main gate of the prison on fire.

The Chitwan jail has a capacity to accommodate only 550, but housed 740 inmates, including 46 women, Dhungana informed.