Four undertrials escaped from a temporary jail set up in judicial complex here on Tuesday forcing the administration to announce an alert. The undertrials, brought from Faridkot Central Jail, were kept in a temporary jail before their appearances in the respective courts in different cases, police said.
They have been identified as Kuljinder Singh and Kulwinder Singh facing trials under the NDPS Act, lachhman Dass arrested in a theft case and Kirpal Singh facing murder charges.
After their court appearance, they were locked in Bakshi Khana (temporary jail for undertrials in judicial
complex) and in the evening they escaped after breaking the grilles of window,
police said. Senior police officers rushed to the spot and sounded an alert and the adjoining districts were alerted as well.