What usually would sound as the unthinkable happened on
February 2, 2015, Monday, in Meerut in the northern state of Uttar
Pradesh, India, when scores of inmates staged a mass jailbreak from an
Indian young offenders detention centre by using their bedsheets.
It was gathered that the inmates tied their bedsheets together and then scaled down the walls of the three-storey building.
According to the city’s superintendent of police Om Prakash, a total of 91 inmates, including several convicted murderers, managed to flee the facility in Meerut overnight.
It was however gathered that 35 of the fleeing inmates have since been recaptured.
“They removed an iron grille from a window at the back of the building while police were guarding the front,” Prakash told AFP from Meerut.
“This was done so professionally that no one got a whiff,” Prakash added.
It was disclosed that those still on the run included inmates convicted of crimes such as murder, rape, theft and banditry.
Prakash added that all the inmates are aged under 18.
Police say the break-out was staged some time between 1:00am and 3:00am and the alarm was only raised when officers who were patrolling near the centre spotted some of the fugitives trying to flag down public transport.
It was gathered that inmates from the same centre beat a policeman to death in December after he objected to their lewd behaviour with a woman during a court trial.
According to the available set of official statistics, more than 31,000 inmates are being held at young offenders institutes in India.
Although they are meant to be under lock and key overnight, inmates usually sleep in dormitories rather than individual cells.
It was gathered that the inmates tied their bedsheets together and then scaled down the walls of the three-storey building.
According to the city’s superintendent of police Om Prakash, a total of 91 inmates, including several convicted murderers, managed to flee the facility in Meerut overnight.
It was however gathered that 35 of the fleeing inmates have since been recaptured.
“They removed an iron grille from a window at the back of the building while police were guarding the front,” Prakash told AFP from Meerut.
“This was done so professionally that no one got a whiff,” Prakash added.
It was disclosed that those still on the run included inmates convicted of crimes such as murder, rape, theft and banditry.
Prakash added that all the inmates are aged under 18.
Police say the break-out was staged some time between 1:00am and 3:00am and the alarm was only raised when officers who were patrolling near the centre spotted some of the fugitives trying to flag down public transport.
It was gathered that inmates from the same centre beat a policeman to death in December after he objected to their lewd behaviour with a woman during a court trial.
According to the available set of official statistics, more than 31,000 inmates are being held at young offenders institutes in India.
Although they are meant to be under lock and key overnight, inmates usually sleep in dormitories rather than individual cells.
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