Five prisoners, together with one going through trial for rape, escaped from a jail in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund district on Thursday.
Five prisoners, together with one going through trial for rape, escaped from a jail in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund district on Thursday, officers mentioned. They escaped from the district jail in Mahasamund, the place coronavirus-induced curbs are in place until May 16, after climbing a jail wall at round 3:30 pm, they mentioned.
Five inmates scaled a jail wall and jumped on the opposite aspect and escaped, mentioned RS Singh, Assistant Jail Superintendent. Singh mentioned he and jail guards tried to chase them however they fled in totally different instructions.
The police have been knowledgeable in regards to the incident, he mentioned. Of the 5 inmates, three – recognized solely as Dhansai (33), Damrudhar (24), and Rahul (22) – have been convicted in circumstances of theft and lodged in the jail in 2019, Singh mentioned. Another inmate, Karan (21), was convicted in a case of narcotics in the identical 12 months, he mentioned.
The fifth prisoner, recognized solely as Daulat (23), is an accused in a rape case and was lodged in the jail final 12 months, Singh added.
Rahul is a local of Uttar Pradesh whereas others belong to Mahasamund district, he added. We have alerted all police stations of the district and arrange test posts at numerous places. CCTV footage of varied locations can also be being scanned to hint them,” a police official mentioned.
Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu has directed jail officers to represent a group for a radical probe into the incident and hint the absconding prisoners, an official launch mentioned.
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