The number of escapees from Nepal prisons, who have been apprehended by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) along the India-Nepal border amid the crisis in the Himalayan country, has risen to 63 from 22 a day earlier. The detainees include a woman, a senior government official said on Thursday (September 11, 2025).
The detentions were made along the borders shared by Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal with Nepal. The woman inmate was apprehended at Kishanganj in Bihar and handed over to the police. At least two inmates intercepted along the West Bengal border by the SSB were handed over to Nepal authorities by the West Bengal Police, the official said. Once apprehended, SSB hands over the suspects to the local police.
The SSB, a Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), guards the 1,751-km border with Nepal and 699-km India-Bhutan border.
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The inmates were apprehended on the basis of a list of prisoners shared by the Armed Forces of Nepal (APF) with their counterparts, the SSB.
