Official sources said some 80 jail escapees who were released by Gen Z priotesters in September this year, fled across the border and tried to find sanctuary in India, some of them under asssumed aliases.
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Around 80 jail inmates who had escaped Nepal’s prisons during the Gen-Z violent protests have been rounded up and handed over to the neighboring country’s authorities concerned.
Official sources said some 80 jail escapees who were released by Gen Z priotesters in September this year, fled across the border and tried to find sanctuary in India, some of them under asssumed aliases.
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“They were intercepted by the border guarding force Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) which has the responsibility of protecting the Indo- Nepal and Indo- Bhutan border, or in some cases detected by Indian security agencies and apprehended from their place of hiding.
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India and Nepal have an open border, around 1750 km long. However, the SSB’s vigil and round the clock monitoring by security forces alerted on the possibility of escapees flying towards India, managed to nab them, sources said.
“They were nabbed by the SSB personnel along the Indo- Nepal border from the states inlcuding Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal” sources said.
The SSB has been maintaining a strict vigil at the Indo- Nepal with a hawk’s eye to prevent any untoward activity, and it had stepped- up monitoring when the violent protests started.
Notably, sources said that some of those prisoners who had escaped from Nepal, were from other countries including Brazil, Nigeria, Bangladesh.
The neighbouring country had witnessed prison breaks amid the violent youth protests in the month of September, that were triggered by cases of alleged corruption.
Meanwhile, to strengthen security along the India-Nepal border and enhance mutual coordination, the SSB had organised a coordination meeting with the Nepal Police (APF) earlier in this month on December 7, where relevant issues concerning both countries were discussed.
The porous nature of the Indo- Nepal border makes it vulnerable for illegal activities such as drug trafficking, smuggling etc., as well as ferrying of criminals and terrorists.
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