Kasargod: Four Jail Inmates Escape After Attacking Warden
Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (VM)
Kasargod, Nov 20: Four jail inmates including a murder accused reportedly escaped from the sub jail after beating up the warden here on Tuesday November 20.
The incident took place early morning at around 5.30 am.
Mohammed Iqbal (32), resident of Kodlamogaru in Manjeshwar, Thekkan Rajan (32), resident of Karadka, Mohammed Rasheed (32), resident of Hosabettu in Manjeshwar and Rajesh (35), resident of Karadka are the accused who fled from the jail.
The four accused said to have beaten up warden Pavithran (45) badly and fled from the spot. There were four jail officials like Rajiv, Umeshchandran, Ranjith including Pavithran when the incident took place. Except Pavithran, other officials were sleeping.
The accused beat up Pavithran while he was preparing breakfast in the kitchen. He was admitted to Kasargod general hospital.
Sources said that the accused fled from the spot with the help of a jeep.
The accused reportedly attacked the warden with a sickle and police sticks. Amongst the four, three are said to have jumped over the rear wall, while one escaped from front wall with the help of a pole.
As per the information received, Mohammed Iqbal was arrested for murdering his wife and daughter three years back, Mohammed Rasheed was a chain snatcher who was arrested by Manjeshwar police for snatching chain belonging to a woman in Mangalore, and Rajesh and Rajan were arrested by excise police.
The search operation is on and lookout noticed is been issued by the department. Notice has been given to police stations of Karnataka and Kerala state.
The capacity of the jail is for 28 prisoners; however there are presently 58 undertrials. In addition, there are only four wardens to keep an eye on them, which was the main reason for the incident.
A team has been formed comprising ASP T K Shabu, T B Ranjith, Kumble circle inspector, and Suresh Kumar, Adoor circle inspector, and five sub-inspectors to look for the accused.