(Update:) The 29-year-old inmate Kancha Rai, who had escaped Chamgang Central Jail in Thimphu on Sunday, was arrested from Tanalum in Chhukha, this afternoon. Kancha Rai had hailed a cab and was trying to flee to Phuentsholing. But he suspected that the driver recognised him and fled. The taxi driver then alerted the police base in Tsimatsham. He was arrested from near Wangchu River.
The Chief of Police, Brigadier Kipchu Namgyel, said Kancha Rai will now be barred from amnesty.
Kancha Rai from Samtse was serving a life-imprisonment for Chorten Vandalism.
