The jail officials came to know about the incident Wednesday morning. (Representative image)
PATIALA: Three prisoners, including an inmate deported from the UK, escaped from the central jail here, officials said on Wednesday.
The trio escaped Tuesday night after making a hole in the wall of the prison cell, they said.
The jail officials came to know about the incident Wednesday morning.
One of the escapees, Sher Singh, was deported from the United Kingdom and was undergoing a 22-year sentence.
He was brought to the Patiala jail from the Bathinda prison early this month, they said.
The other two are Inderjit Singh, resident of Kapurthala; and Jaspreet Singh, hailing from Rupnagar, they said.
At least 20 prisoners on the run in KZN after gunmen intercept prison van 28 April 2021 - 10:54 Five heavily armed gunmen in a double-cab bakkie blocked two police officers transporting prisoners from the New Prison to the Pietermaritzburg magistrate s court. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/FERNANDO GREGORY MILAN
A manhunt is under way in Pietermaritzburg, where 31 prisoners escaped on the way to court on Wednesday morning.
KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Brig Jay Naicker said five gunmen in a double-cab bakkie blocked two police officers who had been transporting the prisoners from the New Prison to the Pietermaritzburg magistrate s court.
“The suspects pointed firearms at the police officers and forced open the rear of the truck. Thirty-one awaiting-trial prisoners escaped out of the 45 that were in the truck,” he said.
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