Fugitive prisoners arrested

Kathmandu, Nov 18: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police arrested two fugitive prisoners from the Kathmandu Valley. Those arrested fugitives include Gita Lama of Gajuri Rural Municipality-2 in Dhading district and Mangal Narayan Mohan Maharjan of Kathmandu.  

Lama and Maharjan had fled from the Sundhara-based Jagannath Dewal jail during the Gen-Z protests on September 9.  

Lama was jailed on a murder case while Maharjan was convicted for smuggling gold, Senior Superintendent of Police and Spokesperson of CIB Shiva Kumar Shrestha confirmed. Lama was sentenced to jail for 22 years in 2019. Maharjan was jailed for one year and fined Rs 10.8 million for gold smuggling.

It is said that the CIB held Lama from Dhobighat in Lalitpur Metropolitan City-3 and Maharjan from Dhobichaur in Kathmandu.(RSS)