Mahendranagar, Sept 23: Nine detainees have escaped after breaking ventilation of the custody at the District Police Office, Dhanusha.
According to District Police Office Spokesperson Ranjan Awale, nine of the 10 detainees escaped this morning.
One of the absconders has been arrested, he said. All the absconding detainees were arrested in drug and theft cases.
Spokesman Awale said the detainees escaped by cutting ventilation with ‘hacksaw blade’ used to cut the rod.
Investigation is taking place how the hacksaw blade reached to the access of detainees, he informed.
Meanwhile, the police have made public the names of the absconding detainees.
According to the police, Amit Kumar Jha, Ranjit Mandal, Roshan Mandal, Bhaskar Yadav and Bishal Mukhiya were arrested on charge of their involvement in drug case while Sumit Mestar, Manish Mandal and Vicky Karki were held in the indecent behaviour case.
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