During the Gen Z Movement, on September 9, 2025, the police arrested an inmate who had escaped from the Central Jail, Sundhara. The arrest took place in Ilam on October 27.
Mahavir Rai, 29, from Jitpur, Deumai Municipality–8, Ilam, was arrested by the police from his home on October 27.
Rai had previously been arrested in Kathmandu on August 10, 2023 on charges of trafficking brown sugar.
While serving his sentence at the Central Jail, Sundhara, for the drug-related case, Rai had escaped during the Gen Z Movement on September 9.
Based on information that he was staying at home, a police team dispatched from Mangalbare Police Station arrested him, according to the District Police Office, Ilam.
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