IG prison orders inquiry into jailbreak at Kalyan central prison
Two undertrials managed to get hold of some wires of the CCTV cameras on the boundary wall behind the Barack number 5 of the prison and then scaled the wall to jump off.
The Special Inspector General of Prisons has ordered an inquiry into the jail break at Kalyan Central Prison on Sunday morning where two undertrials managed to flee.
On Sunday morning, two undertrials managed to get hold of some wires of the CCTV cameras on the boundary wall behind the Barack number 5 of the prison and then scaled the wall to jump off.
The undertrials identified as David Devendram, 25 and Manikant Nadar, 24 were lodged in their cell in the barrack number 5. As per the daily routine the jail warden let the undertrials out of their cells in the morning. Accoding to the jail officials, Devendram and Nadar somehow managed to slip behind the barrack and were not seen by any of the security personnel.
The two then ripped of the wires used for the CCTVs and used it to climb the twenty-feet high wall and then escaped outside.
In order to fix the accountability, an inquiry was ordered by IG Rajwardhan Sinha. The jail authorities only came to know of the escape when they counted the number of prisoners while sending them back to their barracks around two to three hours later.
Devendran and Nadar had been arrested for causing grievous hurt, robbery and attempted murder cases and had been lodged in the prison.
According to local police, the two accused fled the prison at around 6:20 am and then crossed a pipeline and a creek to avoid getting seen. They then saw a biker who was speaking over the phone and snatched his bike.