AGARTALA: Six inmates — five undertrial prisoners and one convicted person — escaped from a jail in Tripura in the wee hours of Wednesday, officials said.
A North Tripura district administration official said that the six inmates, including one serving life imprisonment, escaped from Dharmanagar Sub-Jail at Kalikapur after attacking a guard with sharp weapons.
The incident took place when the jail personnel brought the inmates out of their cell for breakfast and for their daily ablutions.
The injured jail staff Bedu Miah is currently under treatment at the Dharmanagar District Hospital and his condition is said to be stable now.
Officials said that immediately after the incident, a massive search operation was launched by various teams of security forces and the hunt for the six men is still on.
North Tripura district Superintendent of Police Avinash Kumar Rai also led one of the search teams. All police stations and security posts in North Tripura and Unakoti districts were alerted.
“We have also requested the Border Security Force to maintain a strict vigil along the India-Bangladesh border so that the fleeing jail inmates cannot cross the border, ” an official said.
North Tripura district shares inter-state borders with Assam and Mizoram besides an International Border with Bangladesh.