Four Undertrials Including Rape, Murder Accused Escape Chhattisgarh Jail Using Ropes Made Of Bedsheets

In a major security breach, four undertrials managed to flee from a jail in Chhattisgarh’s Mungeli district by breaking the lock of their barrack and using a rope made of bedsheets to scale the high wall.

According to police, the four undertrials, Tarun Kewat, Dhiraj, Indradhwaj and Suresh Patel broke the lock of their cell and used a rope made from bed sheets and clothes to scale the 20 feet wall of the prison.

The incident took place on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday at the sub-jail located in Mugeli town.

Kewat, a native of Kota area in neighbouring Bilaspur district, was facing trial in a rape case while Dhiraj, a resident of Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, is an accused in a murder case. Idal and Patel were facing trials in a theft case and a case under the NDPS Act, respectively.?

It is still unclear how the four men managed to escape the jail without being noticed by the guards.

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This, however, is not the biggest jailbreak in the state. In 2007, some 294 inmates, including some 110 hardcore Maoists and Naxals had fled the Dantewada district jail.

The incident happened after Sujeet, a Maoist who is believed to have received guerrilla training in the forests overpowered a jail guard, snatched his service weapon, and managed to set free 294 inmates before fleeing.