Overview

• The Home Ministry reports 9,008 escapees have been captured since the early September jailbreaks linked to anti-government protests.
• Authorities plan to circulate detailed information on fugitives and require agencies to verify identities before providing state services.
• Earlier figures indicated more than 14,000 inmates, including nearly 1,000 minors, fled from prisons during the unrest.
• Security forces warn of public safety risks as 1,200 firearms and roughly 100,000 rounds of ammunition were stolen during the chaos.
• Official data released on October 12 counted about 5,000 Nepali citizens, 540 Indian nationals and 108 other foreign inmates still unaccounted for, alongside nationwide alerts and a directive for absconders to return.