Kathmandu, Oct. 10 -- Several inmates who escaped in last month's jailbreaks across the country have committed new crimes. Police and officials have urged the public to remain vigilant and report any unusual or suspicious activity.

Santa Bahadur Tamang, aged 33, from Gagal in ward 12 of Panauti Municipality, Kavre, who escaped from the Lalitpur-based Nakhkhu Prison on September 9, killed his wife Jamuna Tamang, aged 32, following a domestic dispute one week later.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Meen Bahadur Ghale, the information officer at the District Police Office, Kavre, Santa Bahadur murdered his wife suspecting an extramarital affair.

On the night of September 18, he beat her to death, buried her in a field near the...