Mathura: 3 undertrial prisoners escape from jail by jumping the compounding wall

Four Jail officials were suspended after three undertrial prisoners escaped from Mathura jail

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Mathura: Three undertrials escaped from the Mathura district jail on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday.

#UPDATE Four Jail officials suspended after three undertrial prisoners escaped from Mathura jail

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SSP Swapnil Mamgai identified the three as Rahul of Jalesar town in Etah district, Sanjay of Agra and Kallu of Vrinadavan town in Mathura. While Rahul and Sanjay were arrested under Section 307 (Attempt to murder) of the IPC, Kallu was arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he said. ALSO READ - Army pays tribute to jawan killed in Pak shelling in Rajouri The three inmates escaped from the jail around 2 am, prompting the authorities to sound an alert in the area and launch a combing operation to trace them. The fourth prisoner was caught while trying to escape the district jail, Mamgai said. District Jail Superintendent Shailendra Maitrey said that strict action will be taken against anyone found guilty of negligence.