As many as 92 inmates, who escaped from the prison and police posts in various places of the district during the Gen Z protests on September 9, have not yet come to contact, the District Police Office Jhapa said.
The absconding inmates included 36 from the Anarmani Area Police Office, 51 from the Damak Area Police Office and five from the Jhilmil Area Police Office.
According to Jhapa Police Spokesperson Khagendra Bahadur Khadka, search for the prisoners who escaped from the jails is on as they have not yet come to contact.
The protesters had set ablaze and vandalized the police offices in Damak, Birtamod, Jhilmil, and Kakadbhitta in the district.