Kolkata, Jan 14 (PTI) Three Bangladeshi inmates haveallegedly fled the Alipore Central Correctional Home, wherethey were imprisoned for the past three years for variousoffences, a senior jail official said today.
The matter surfaced this morning during the countingof the inmates, following which two jail wardens weresuspended for "dereliction of duty", a senior officer of WestBengal Correctional Services told PTI today.
"Farooq Howaldar, Iman Chaudhuri and Firdos Shiekhwere found missing from the Alipore Central Correctional Homethis morning when the regular counting was completed," theofficer said.
The jail authorities brought sniffer dogs to thecorrectional home to investigate the manner in which the triomanaged to "escape".
"Going by our initial probe, it seems, they have usedbed sheets as ropes to climb up the huge boundary walls of thejail to flee," he said.
Howaldar was jailed because of his involvement in adacoity case, Chaudhuri for a kidnapping case and Sheikh forillegally infiltrating into India, another source in theprison said.
"We are looking into the matter. The photographs ofthe three prisoners have been sent to all police stations inand the around the city. Police deployed at the borders of thestate have been alerted. Hopefully they will be nabbed soon,"the senior officer added. PTI SCHRMS.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.