Two persons escaped from a juvenile center in Birgunj on Friday.

Juvenile Center Chief Tika Krishna Kafle said that Amarkant Thakur of Sarlahi and Pandav Yadav of Saptari escaped from the reform center at around 2 am today.

The center is holding a total of 126 prisoners.

Kafle said that the duo fled from the prison by cutting the fence wire.

DSP Kumar Bikram Thapa, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Parsa said that they are searching for both of them.

Three police personnel and 11 inmates were injured when a clash broke out between two groups at the juvenile center on September 12.