The Kapilvastu police arrested Jahir Musalman,35 of Kapilvastu Municipality-2 on 28 November as per Reshamlal Bhusal, Public Information Officer of Kapilvastu District Jail. Jahir, accused of theft, had escaped from Kapilvastu Jail during the protests on September 9.
The jail administration reported that 124 inmates who escaped from Kapilvastu Jail are still at large.