Kalaburagi (Karnataka): Three convicted prisoners escaped from the Kalaburagi Central Jail in the early hours of Tuesday after allegedly cutting the iron bars of their barrack and scaling the prison’s compound wall, prompting a major search operation and raising concerns over prison security.
The escaped inmates, identified as Mastan, Santosh and Sagar, were serving life sentences after being convicted in a murder case in Bidar district.
According to preliminary investigations, the prisoners cut through the bars of their barrack window and used towels and mattresses to climb over the 15-20-foot-high prison wall before fleeing the jail at around 3 am.
A case has been registered at the Farhatabad Police Station, and senior police officials, including the Kalaburagi City Police Commissioner, rushed to the prison to assess the situation.
Authorities have inspected the prison’s security arrangements, barracks and perimeter wall to determine how the inmates managed to escape. Special police teams have been constituted to trace and apprehend the fugitives, while an investigation into the suspected security lapse is underway.
The jailbreak has sparked political attention as it occurred in Kalaburagi, the home district of Karnataka Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara, putting the state’s prison security system under scrutiny.
