India, Sept. 10 -- Security has been heightened across all points of the Indo-Nepal border in the backdrop of reports that over 3000 prisoners have fled the jails in the country, officials aware of the matter said adding that the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel apprehended five such prisoners at the Indo-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh's Siddharth Nagar. The SSB, a paramilitary force under the Union home ministry, guards the Indo-Nepal border across the country. There are six immigration integrated check posts, 50 transit routes between India and Nepal.

A senior officer, who asked not to be named, said, "All field commanders are on the ground as directed by the headquarters. There were reports that over 3,000 prisoners had fled. The si...