The Tribune, November 13, 1999
Ambala prisoners escape
From Our Correspondent
AMBALA, Nov 12 — Two prisoners lodged in Ambala Central Jail managed to escape by dodging the police escort last evening. They were brought to the CJM's court in connection with another pending case.
According to the police report, one of the prisoners, Rampal from Sonepat, was undergoing life imprisonment in a murder case while the other escapee, Pappu from Ambala cantonment, was an undertrial in a murder case.
According to information, the police party escorting them kept the prisoners temporarily in a lock-up situated in the court complex, thinking that in the evening along with the other prisoners appearing in some other courts they would also be carried to Central Jail as usual.
Meanwhile, the two prisoners managed to break the windowpane of the toilet attached with the lock-up room, through which they succeeded in fleeing.
A case has been registered against the escapees. According to police sources, police parties have been sent in search of the escapees.
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