Prisoner jumps 60 feet below to escape; arrested three days later
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A prisoner had jumped 60 feet below the four-storeyed under construction building of Chattogram Central Jail on Saturday morning.
Following the jump, he sustained injuries to his left feet and head, but still managed to board a train, before finally being apprehended three days later from Narsingdi district today.
After the arrest, the murder case accused, Farhad Hossain Rubel, narrated his escape plan to the cops which surprised the police and prison officials.
Addressing a press conference at Kotwali police station premises, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) (South Zone) Palash Kanti Nath said, Inmate Farhad Hossain Rubel jumped off the building, known as 32 Cell building , and landed on the other side of the boundary wall.
Murder accused, escaping from Chattogram jail, arrested in Narsingdi
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Published: 08 Mar 2021 08:34 PM BdST
Updated: 08 Mar 2021 08:34 PM BdST
The Fire Service and Civil Defence in Chattogram has launched a manhunt for an inmate who recently went ‘missing’ and is trying to find out whether he is hiding somewhere inside the prison. );
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The fire crews began the hunt on Monday, the first day of the operation following the constitution of an investigation committee by the prison authorities.
Deputy Inspector General of Prisons Md Sagir Mia is leading the investigation. “Because we are not sure whether the inmate fled, the Fire Service personnel looked for him inside the jail.”
Prisoner ‘missing’ from Ctg jail: Jailer withdrawn, 2 jail guards suspended
Prison authorities on Sunday withdrew the jailer and deputy jailer of Chattogram Central Jail for their negligence in discharging duty as a murder accused inmate went missing from prison.
Two prison guards of the jail were also suspended in this connection.
The withdrawn jailer, Rafiqul Islam, was attached to the headquarters of the Department of Prisons. The deputy jailer, whose name could not be known immediately, was attached to the office of Deputy Inspector General of Prisons in Chattogram.
The suspended prison guards are Younus Mia, assistant chief prison guard, and his colleague Nazim Uddin.