Two more of the eight inmates who escaped from Dolpa District Prison by digging a tunnel have been arrested.
Police arrested the two men at around 3 a.m. on Wednesday after identifying the house where they were sleeping.
With these arrests, the number of recaptured inmates has reached four.
The arrested inmates have been identified as 29-year-old Kali Prasad Rokaya of Tripurasundari Municipality-7 in Dolpa and 19-year-old Kapil Pariyar, also known as Kailash, of Nalagad Municipality-9 in Jajarkot.
According to police, both men were arrested on Wednesday morning after they were found hiding in the house of Kamala Budha in Rang village, Tripurasundari Municipality-4, Dolpa, during a search operation.
Rokaya had been sentenced to eight years in prison for a rape-related offense, while Pariyar was serving a three-year sentence for theft.
Earlier, two other escapees were arrested in Rukum West on Tuesday morning. They were identified as 32-year-old Ram Bahadur BK of Aathbiskot Municipality-10 in Rukum West and 28-year-old Resham Rana of Kumakh Rural Municipality-5 in Salyan. Both were serving prison sentences at Dolpa District Prison in connection with rape cases.
Police said that a search was underway for the remaining four escapees.
The fugitives include 25-year-old Yagya BK of Barekot Rural Municipality-1 in Jajarkot and 28-year-old Hari Bahadur Budha of Tripurasundari Municipality-4 in Dolpa, both of whom were serving sentences for rape-related offenses.
The other two fugitives are 38-year-old Tilak Bhandari of Aathbiskot Municipality-5 in Rukum West and 32-year-old Aadesh Bhandari of Ward No. 3 of the same municipality. They had been detained in connection with theft cases while awaiting trial.
All eight inmates escaped from the prison on the night of October 30 by digging a tunnel inside the prison.
