New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has apprehended 60 inmates who broke out of Nepal jail during the violent Nepal protests on September 8 and 9, officials said on Thursday.

The inmates have been held at different checkposts of the India-Nepal border, including Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar over the last two days.

All of them have been handed over to the local police and are being questioned, officials said.

Sashastra Seema Bal is responsible for guarding the 1,751 km long unfenced India-Nepal front on India's eastern side. The security force also guards India's border with Bhutan.

The agency was on high alert since the Nepal protests that broke out earlier this week turned violent and led to the resignation o...