Supual, June 07: Ten prisoners escaped from the Birpur sub-jail in Bihar's Supual district by scaling the boundary wall after going on a rampage and injuring two security staff, official sources said today. The incident took place yesterday 35 kms from Nirmali where Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Chief Minister Rabri Devi were attending a foundation laying ceremony of a rail bridge.
The prisoners went berserk following death of fellow inmate Mohammad Tajimuddin at a jail hospital, they said. The sources said additional forces could not be rushed to the jail as a large number of the security personnel were at Nirmali.
Raids were being conducted to nab the prisoners, they said. Inspector general of prisons, Ravi Kant said in Patna that Central Jail superintendent, Bhagalpur, Nawal Prasad Singh has been asked to probe the circumstances under which the incident took place.
Against a capacity of 125 there are about 170 prisoners lodged in the Birpur sub-jail. Bureau Report