KATHMANDU: A prisoner who escaped from Birgunj prison has been apprehended within five hours of his flight. Sunil Sah Turaha, who has been serving an 11-year sentence for a rape conviction, escaped by jumping over the prison wall while performing cleaning duties on Thursday morning.
According to Parsa Police Chief SP Pawan Bhattarai, a special police team led by DSP Chakra Bahadur Malla was immediately mobilized to track the fugitive. The police utilized CCTV footage and other technical analysis to locate him. Based on this intelligence, the team successfully took Turaha into custody at 1:00 p.m. in Adapur, India.
