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India Detains 15 Nepal Jail Escapees at Border as Forces Tighten Vigil

SSB interceptions linked to the Dillibazar jailbreak prompted tighter checks along porous crossings.

This comes as the police reportedly withdrew from their post in Nepal, except for the police headquarters.
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SSB and the Armed Forces Nepal conduct a joint route march at the Indo-Nepal border, at Panitanki in Darjeeling on Wednesday. | ANI
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Overview

  • SSB teams apprehended 10 undertrial inmates from Nepal in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district late Tuesday, handing them to Bhittha and Surasand police stations.
  • Officials said eight of the Sitamarhi detainees are Nepali nationals and two are Indian citizens, with several identified by name by local police.
  • Separately, SSB personnel caught five escapees at the India–Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharthnagar and transferred them to local police after they failed to produce identification.
  • Following the arrests, joint SSB–police patrols, thorough screenings and round-the-clock surveillance were intensified across Bihar’s border districts, according to Sitamarhi SP Amit Ranjan.
  • The cross-border detentions followed a mass breakout from Kathmandu’s Dillibazar jail during anti-corruption protests, with reports noting Nepalese Army deployment around the facility.