
Kathmandu, November 12
A prisoner who escaped from Birgunj Jail has been arrested.
Sunil Sah Turaha, who escaped by climbing over the prison wall early this morning, was arrested in India within five hours of his escape.
The District Police Office, Parsa, said a special police team arrested him in Adapur, India.
Turaha, a resident of Turaha in Pokhariya Municipality, Parsa, had been serving an 11-year prison sentence after being convicted in a rape case.