Two undertrials escape from jail in MP

Two undertrial prisoners escaped from a jail by scaling its boundary wall in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district, police said on Sunday. Police teams have been constituted to search for the two accused, he said.

Two undertrial prisoners escaped from a jail by scaling its boundary wall in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district, police said on Sunday. The incident took place at Bagli sub-jail on Saturday evening when the two prisoners crossed over its boundary wall using a rope made out of strips cut from blankets, Additional Superintendent of Police Suryakant Sharma said.

One of the accused, Mukesh (32), was lodged in the jail since August 21 in a case related of illegal transportation of liquor, while the other one, Chhotelal aka Doria (22), was in the jail since August 26 after being arrested in a rape case, he said. Police teams have been constituted to search for the two accused, he said.

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