Overview
- District officials said the inmates, identified as Dimpy alias Shiva and Ankit, scaled the boundary wall late Sunday using knotted blankets.
- The escape was detected around 10 am Monday during a routine headcount, prompting a high alert and searches at likely hideouts.
- Kannauj’s District Magistrate ordered action suspending Jailer Vinay Pratap Singh, Deputy Jailer Badri Prasad, and three warders for alleged negligence.
- Investigators are examining preliminary reports of a New Year gathering inside the jail and verifying videos that surfaced on social media.
- Police said multiple teams have been deployed, alerts were issued to neighbouring districts, and jail security measures were tightened.