Police have arrested a prisoner who escaped from the Central Prison in Sundhara, Kathmandu, during the Gen Z movement, apprehending him at his home in Siraha district, the District Police Office, Siraha, said.

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The arrested man is 38-year-old Jharendra Jyu Thakuri of Dhangadhimai Municipality-14. A joint team from the Narcotics Control Bureau's Golbazar branch and the District Police Office, Siraha, arrested him from his own house on Friday following a tip-off, police said.

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Police spokesperson and Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramesh Bahadur Pal said Thakuri had been sentenced by the Kathmandu District Court to 15 years in prison and fined Rs 100,000 in a case involving the possession of 158 grams and 800 milligrams of brown heroin.

Thakuri had been serving his sentence at the Central Prison in Sundhara after the court's verdict. Police said he escaped from the prison during the Gen Z movement on Bhadra 24, 2082, according to the Nepali calendar date given in the reports.

Following his arrest, Thakuri was handed over to the Siraha Prison Office after the necessary procedures were completed, police said.