Three prisoners escaped from the juvenile remand home in Munshipur area of Mau on Saturday night.Superintendent of Police (SP) Ashok Kumar Shukla said the three juvenile prisoners, all of Azamgarh district, were accused in rape, robbery and other serious crime. He said the prisoners fled after scaling the boundary wall.
The incident came to notice during attendance call at the state Juvenile home. The three were identified as Amit, Ishwar and Pravesh. While Amit was charged for fleeing with his aunt and was in the juvenile home since May 26 this year, Ishwar was charged with rape and a case under POSCO Act and he was in the home since July 10. The other prisoner Pravesh entered the home on August 2 on charges of robbery. The SP said police teams have been made to nab the culprits. Meanwhile, four people were crushed to death by a speeding truck in Jansath Kotwali area of Muzaffarnagar district late in the night on Saturday.
Police said the truck first crushed to death three people, Naresh (40), Vedpal (45) and Rakesh (42), while all were going on a motorcycle. later while fleeing, the truck crushed a road side vendor Bhukan (50). The driver of the truck fled with his vehicle. Irked over the incident, an irate mob blocked the Jansath road for hours and even clashed with police when the cops tried to dispel the mob.