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Three wardens suspended, SP show caused for jailbreak in Kolkata
Kolkata, Sept 26: West Bengal government today suspended three wardens and issued a show cause notice to the superintendent of the high-security Dum Dum Central Jail from where five undertrials, including a Myanmarese accused in the sensational narcotics haul from former CBI Additional Director U N Biswas` residence, escaped yesterday.
Kolkata, Sept 26: West Bengal government today
suspended three wardens and issued a show cause notice to the
superintendent of the high-security Dum Dum Central Jail from
where five undertrials, including a Myanmarese accused in the
sensational narcotics haul from former CBI Additional Director
U N Biswas' residence, escaped yesterday.
State Jail Minister Biswanath Choudhury told media persons that the
three wardens on duty at the time of the incident had
been suspended with immediate effect. "We have also asked the jail SP to show cause as to how such a breach of security happened," Choudhury said over phone from Balurghat. The minister said further course of action would be chalked out after he reaches the metropolis tomorrow.
The accused in the narcotics bust case included Baikha
Khema who along with Sheikh Binod, another accused in a number
of murder and abduction cases, was among the escapees. Binod had been arrested from a north kolkata nursing home in
2000 after a strenous hunt by the police. The other three escapees were Binod's accomplices.
The jail authorities had ordered an inquiry into the
incident and security in other jails of the state had been
tightened, DIG (HQ) N C Ghosh said. An alert was sounded in the district to track down the escapees, as the police were searching the rail and road routes to detect them, he added.
Bureau report