Taking serious note of the incident of two prisoners fleeing from ludhiana Central Jail, Punjab Jail Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Monday ordered an enquiry into the incident and directed the IG (Jail) to submit report in two days.
Randhawa said that fleeing of prisoners from the jail is a very serious matter and such incidents would not be tolerated.
He said that after this incident, he has directed the IG (Jail), DIG ludhiana Range as well as the Commissioner to visit the spot and take stock of the situation.
The Minister also said that the responsibility of carrying out a thorough probe into the matter has been entrusted to IG (Jail). The Minister made it clear that nobody found guilty would be spared and would be severely proceeded against.
Notably, two undertrials — both brothers Jasbir Singh and Harvinder Singh of Amloh in Fatehgarh Sahib district — have gone missing from ludhiana Central Jail since Sunday evening.
ludhiana’s Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Surinder lamba said that the two were facing trial in separate criminal cases of theft and under the NDPS Act.
The officer said that during a routine head-count in the jail at 8 pm on Sunday evening, the officials found the two prisoners missing. The jail authorities immediately informed the police.