The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), which patrols the India-Nepal border, has apprehended approximately 60 individuals suspected to have escaped from Nepalese prisons during the recent violent unrest in the country, officials said on Thursday, reported the PTI.

Amid the ongoing Nepal Gen Z protests, at least eight people have died in prison clashes as around 15,000 inmates have reportedly escaped from different jails in the country.