22 escapees from Nepal prisons apprehended at U.P. border

At least 22 inmates who escaped from prisons in Nepal following the collapse of the federal government there have been apprehended by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) alongside the Nepal-Uttar Pradesh border on Wednesday (September 10, 2025), a senior authorities official mentioned.

The inmates have been apprehended on the premise of lists of prisoners shared by the Armed Forces of Nepal with their counterparts, the SSB. The inmates are presently within the custody of the Uttar Pradesh Police, the official mentioned. Thousands of prisoners are mentioned to have escaped in Nepal following the huge protests by younger folks throughout that nation towards corruption and nepotism.

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The escapees have been “unlawful foreigners” and they’d be caught and jailed, one other authorities official mentioned.

The U.P. Police is prone to register a case underneath the Foreigners and Immigration Act, 2025 towards the escapees, the official mentioned. 

The SSB, a Central Armed Police Force, guards the 1,751 km border with Nepal, and 699 km India-Bhutan border.

The official defined that the motion of individuals from Nepal to India had considerably fallen because of the curfew imposed by the Army.

Nepal and India share an open border, and residents of the neighbouring nation are allowed entry with out visas and passports based mostly on paperwork, together with driving licenses, and authorities issued I-cards, amongst others.

“The Armed Forces of Nepal has shared the checklist of inmates who fled the prisons in Nepal, and we apprehended the suspects based mostly on that info. We have deployed personnel in any respect checkpoints and all gaps are being secured,” the official mentioned, including that the variety of such escapees may go up within the coming days.

The official mentioned no further deployment had been made however personnel had been moved nearer to the border, and different attainable factors had been fortified together with the same old entry factors.

A watch is being stored on the attainable inflow of individuals if the state of affairs deteriorated within the neighbourhood, the official mentioned.