Surkhet, Nov. 3 -- Police have arrested two of the eight inmates who escaped from Dolpa District Prison on Saturday, in Rukum West.

The two were arrested at around 10:30am on Tuesday by a five-member police team led by Assistant Sub-Inspector Buddhiram Oli, deployed from the Chaurjahari Base Camp and Gotamkot Police Post, Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Singh Rathore said.

The team intercepteda jeep which was travelling from Kholi Bagar in ward 6 of Aathbiskot Municipality towards Radi in ward 9. The two men tried to flee during the vehicle check but were taken into custody, police said.

The arrested men have been identified as 32-year-old Ram Bahadur BK of Aathbiskot Municipality-10 in Rukum West and 28-year-old Resham Rana of...