Of the 20 detainees who escaped from the Bhaktapur Municipality–1 Sanothimi-based Juvenile Reform Home on November 2, police have re-arrested 17 of them from various locations by November 5.
According to the reform home’s warden, Sandesh Bishta, three detainees have still not come into contact. Police stated that an intensive search is ongoing for the three juvenile detainees who escaped by breaking the main gate of the reform home.
Since the reform home has more than double its capacity and has also been keeping youths as detainees despite being designated as a juvenile reform center, clashes and vandalism have been occurring inside the facility.