Three dreaded criminals booked under UP Gonda Act, escaped from the newly-constructed district jail in Azamgarh on Thursday evening. The sensational escape was noticed during the counting of prisoners at night.
After preliminary probe, senior Jail officials claimed that the fugitives seem to have climbed the gas pipeline running along its boundary to escape. A case was registered and four police teams have been formed to track them down.
As per reports, Jitendra (18), Chandrashekhar (22) and Prakash (22) of Ghazipur district were arrested by Azamgarh Police and booked under Section 3 of UP Gonda Act on June 2, 2014. The accused have long criminal record and were later lodged in district jail as they were denied bail.
SP (City) Rajesh Kumar Sahni said that Jail officials were carryingout routine counting on Thursday night when they noticed Jitendra, Chandrashekhar and Prakash, missing. The officials intimated senior officers who reached there and a search operation was launched.
Meanwhile in Basti, two constables were critically injured after a colleague opened fire inside a police station over a petty dispute on Thursday evening. The injured were shifted to District Hospital from where one of them was referred to Trauma Centre of KGMU, lucknow
Constables Hari Kishore Tewari and Kameshwar Singh posted at Rudhauli police station in Basti scuffled over a trivia on Thursday evening. It took an ugly turn when Kameshwar whipped out his revolver and opened fire in which Hari Kishore Tewari and another constables Rikesh Yadav were injured.
The other personnel present at the police station overpowered Kameshwar and seized the weapon. later a case was registered against him and he was arrested. The SP of Basti as suspended Kameshwar and ordered a departmental enquiry against him.