Overview
- An undated recording circulating online features a voice attributed to the Jaish-e-Mohammed chief recounting a jailbreak plan in Jammu.
- The speaker says he and associates dug a tunnel and procured tools, but prison staff discovered the plot a day before it was to be executed.
- He alleges chaining, beatings, and denial of basic necessities after the attempt, describing lasting psychological trauma.
- Officials say investigations are underway to confirm the tape’s genuineness and trace its origin and timing.
- Masood Azhar was jailed in the 1990s at Kot Bhalwal, was released during the 1999 IC-814 hijacking, and later founded the banned group JeM.