KATHMANDU, Sept 11: Sanjay Sah, widely known as Takla, who had escaped from Nakkhu Prison in Lalitpur during the recent Gen Z protests, has been arrested in Kavre.
According to police sources, a team from the Area Police Office, Mangaltar, apprehended him. Preparations are underway to send him back to prison to continue serving his sentence.
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Takla had been imprisoned for 12 years, serving a life sentence. A former state minister, he was convicted as the main accused in the 2069 BS Janakpur bomb blast at Ramananda Chowk that killed five people. Court rulings have also named him as the key conspirator in the murder of media entrepreneur Arun Singhaniya of Radio Today.
He, along with other inmates, escaped after setting fire inside the prison premises during the chaos of the protests. Initially, co-operative fraud suspect Rabi Lamichhane was taken out of the prison, after which Takla and other prisoners fled.
