Nepal, Sept. 16 -- Seven prisoners who escaped from different prisons across the country have been arrested in Jhapa district.

Acting Information Officer at the District Police Office, Jhapa, Prabin Shrestha, said that five male and two female prisoners who escaped from the Central Jail in Sundhara, Jhumka in Sunsari, and Kaski Jail on September 9 were apprehended.

Shrestha said that 28-year-old Ruksar Khatun and Yeksara Khatun of Gauradaha Municipality-5, who escaped from the Central Jail in Sundhara, were taken into custody after responding to a government notice asking inmates to return. Two other prisoners from the Central Jail were also arrested by the police in Jhapa.

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