Murder convict, posing as visitor, escapes from Bangalore central prison

A 33-year old murder convict serving a life term escaped from the central prison posing as a visitor to the facility at Parappana Agrahara in Bangalore on Friday evening.

According to the officials, the escaped inmate, identified as Manjunath, somehow managed to procure the seal — which the the prison guards apply on the visitors at the Central Prison on arrival. Later, he dodged the inspecting staff by displaying the seal, and exited out of the prison facility.

During the official roll call on Friday evening at 5 pm, Manjunath was found missing, and the prison officials sounded an alert. The officials, on checking the CCTV footage, spotted the inmate leaving the premises among the visitors, an official said.

Officials investigating the matter said they have launched a manhunt to trace the convict. However, they are yet to ascertain if the convict was abetted by an insider among the staff to procure plain clothes or by any other means.

It was only in September 2013, that proclaimed rape accused Jaishankar had escaped from the hospital facility at Parappana Agrahara scaling the wall, but his daredevilry was short-lived, and he was captured by the authorities a few days later.

Source:: Indian Express