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Videos of prisoners who are absconding from Karachi jail on Monday night are going viral on social media.
At least 45 to 50 prisoners have escaped from Malir Jail in Karachi, Pakistan. According to the jail administration, precautionary prisoners were taken out of the barracks after the earthquake in Karachi on Monday.
According to Geo News, during this time, more than 100 prisoners escaped from the main gate.
About 50 of these prisoners have been apprehended again. Many are still absconding. Home Minister of Sindh province Zia-ul-Hasan Lanjar confirmed this in the early hours of Tuesday.
Earlier, in many media reports, the prisoners were said to run away by breaking the walls. The administration has made it clear that no wall has been broken, all the prisoners escaped from the main gate amidst the stampede.
A picture of policemen arrived in search of prisoners outside Malir jail.
The arrested absconding prisoners were paraded by the police.
Prisoners pushed after earthquake
Home Minister Lanzar said that 700 to 1000 prisoners were brought out of the barracks after the earthquake. In this chaos, about 100 prisoners started pushing towards the main gate and escaped.
So far, 46 absconding prisoners have been caught again, while many are still absconding. According to the jail administration, the search operation is still going on. In this campaign, Special Security Unit (SSU), Rapid Response Force (RRF), Rangers and Frontier Core (FC) teams are working together.
Soon after the incident, the prison control Rangers and FC took over. IG Jail, DIG Jail and Jail Minister reached the spot and reviewed the situation.
The prisoners escaped from this gate of Malir Jail.
One prisoner killed in accident, 4 security personnel injured
The death of a prisoner in the incident is reported. At the same time, 4 security personnel have been injured. The Home Minister admitted that administrative negligence could also be the cause of this incident.
Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has been given complete information. He instructed the Home Minister to go to jail and monitor the situation.
Taking cognizance of the incident, Sindh Governor Kamran Tesori also asked the Home Minister and IG Sindh Police to arrest all the prisoners soon.
Home Minister Lanjar said that every absconding prisoner’s identity and records are available. Raids continue in their homes and surrounding areas.
The jail minister said that disciplinary action will be taken against careless officers. In terms of security, check posts and monitoring are being tightened.
Last year, 19 prisoners escaped from POK jail
In July last year, 19 prisoners escaped from Pakistan -occupied Kashmir (POK) Rawalkot jail. 6 of them were sentenced to death. The incident is from Rawalkot Jail in Poonch, which is about 110 km from Muzaffarabad. Sunday afternoon around 2:30 pm
A prisoner asked the guard to bring his lassi to Barrack. When the guards reached to do so, the prisoner stretched the gun and caught him and snatched his keys. After this, the prisoner also opened the lock of the rest of the barrack.
Then all the prisoners ran towards the main gate. During this time a prisoner was killed in an encounter with the police.
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