District Magistrate Raman Kumar said that the jailbreak took place between 12 midnight and 3 AM.
Highlights
- Four of the five prisoners are serving life imprisonment
- Jailbreak took place between 12 midnight and 3 AM: District Magistrate
- Prisoners used iron road, pipe and 'dhoti' to scale the prison wall
Five convicts, including four serving life imprisonment, escaped from the Buxar Central Jail late last night by scaling the prison wall.
District Magistrate Raman Kumar said today that the jailbreak took place between 12 midnight and 3 AM.
Iron road, pipe and 'dhoti' have been found at the spot from where the prisoners scaled the wall, he said.
Superintendent of Police Upendra Sharma said those who escaped included Prajit Singh hailing from Motihari, Girdhari Rai of Chapra, Sonu Pandey and Upendra Sah of Ara, all four serving life imprisonment and Sonu Singh of Brahampur, Buxar, convicted for 10 years.
The District Magistrate said that after probing the incident, responsibility would be fixed on the erring jail officials for the jail break.
The Superintendent of Police admitted that security has been breached and said thick fog must have helped them in escaping.