Inmate escapes from Bardiya Prison

An inmate has escaped from the Gulariya-based Bardiya Prison. As police reported, Ajit Budhachhetri managed to jump off the prison roof despite a tall barbed wire surrounding the roof wall. The incident happened at around 3:0 a.m. on Sunday.

District Police Office, Bardiya’s deputy superintendent of police, Hikmat Bahadur Bohora, said Thapa was serving a 30-year jail term for his role in the murder of Jora Singh Thapa of Thakurbaba-8 in 2071 BS.