Dolpa. The police have released the details of eight prisoners who escaped by digging a tunnel from the district jail located in Dunai, the headquarters of Dolpa. Among the absconders, there are five accused of extortion and three accused of theft.
Among the absconders are Ram Vik of Aathbiskot Municipality-10 in Rukum West, Kaliprasad Rokaya of Tripurasundari Municipality-7 in Dolpa, Hari Bahadur Budha alias Dhan Bahadur Budha of Tripurasundari Municipality-4, Resham Rana of Kumakh Rural Municipality-5 in Salyan and Yagya Vik of Barekot Rural Municipality-1 in Jajarkot. All of them were serving prison sentences in extortion cases.
Similarly, Kapil Pariyar alias Kailash of Nalgad Municipality-9 of Jajarkot, who is serving imprisonment in a theft case, has also absconded.
Tilak Bhandari of Aathbiskot Municipality-5 in Rukum West and Adesh Bhandari of Ward No. 3, who are in custody for the theft case, have also absconded.
According to the police, out of the eight absconding people, six are prisoners serving their prison sentences and two are remand prisoners.
At midnight on Friday, they escaped by digging a 4m 63cm long tunnel from the prisoners’ quarters through an old septic tank to the outside playground. The incident was publicized when eight prisoners were found absent during the count of prisoners at 6 am on Saturday.
In order to search for the absconding prisoners, the police have increased security surveillance at various checkpoints in the district and mobilized security personnel. The police said that further investigation is going on regarding the incident.