Karachi:
Taking advantage of the chaos during an earthquake, at least 216 prisoners escaped from the prison of Malir on Monday midnight in the midst of the layoffs by security agents.
A robust research operation by the district and the prison police and the Rangers followed, during which 90 escapees were resumed, while the others are still in freedom.
According to police, the prison administration has evacuated the barracks prisoners as a precautionary measure due to the potential danger after the earthquake.
More than 1,000 prisoners gathered near the husband door, causing a stampede. The prisoners took advantage of the situation, broke the locks of the husband door and began to escape by jumping over the prison walls.
Police police and border police (FC) tried to arrest the prisoners by drawing warning plans.
However, a prisoner seized a kalashnikov of a police officer and began to fire without discrimination, injuring two FC staff and a police officer.
Other prisoners also injured officials with stones and sticks and managed to escape. Intense fire caused panic in the region and traffic on the national road was suspended.
The Quidabad road to Malir prison has been closed, causing long lines of vehicles between the board of directors of Malir Kala and Quaidabad.
A large contingent of the police, rangers and the FC of the District of Malir has reached the premises.
IG and DIG prisons, superintendent of the prison, the SSP Malir and other senior officials have also reached the site.
The Minister of Sindh, Zia Ul Hassan Lanjar, took note of the incident and ordered the SSP Malir to take immediate measures and stop the prisoners escaped.
He instructed effective measures, surveillance, information and roadblocks, and ordered strict departmental action against negligent officials.
A home house search was made in the surroundings.
The inhabitants captured videos of prisoners in escape and shared them on social networks, showing shirtless prisoners fleeing barefoot and others escaping in six-seater rickshaws.
During the initial search operation, 50 prisoners were arrested from the prison districts, while the Malir City police arrested 19 prisoners from various vehicles, and the Sukhan police arrested eight others.
Police also made announcements on the mosque speakers to inform the public of the descriptions of the prisoners. Identity cards have been checked and suspect people were placed in detention for interrogation.
Meanwhile, a woman brought her son and friend to prison, one of whom was a drug addict and arrived at home at 3:30 am after escaping.
The woman said, she gave them a meal before bringing them back to prison.
She hopes her son would recover from drug addiction in the prison.
Ig Sindh Ghumlam Nabi Memon also reached Malir’s prison on Tuesday morning and received a briefing of the superintendent of the situation.
Most prisoners were imprisoned in drugs, and several of them had psychological problems.
Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah withdrew the Inspector General from the prisons and suspended Dig prisons and the superintendent of the Malir prison for the incident.
Shah called the “completely unacceptable” incident and promised to hold responsible officials, citing serious negligence by the prison authorities.
Sindh’s main minister Sharjeel Inam Memon announced that no strict measure would be taken against prisoners who will return voluntarily within 24 hours.
However, those who will not return will be charged under the Jailbreak provisions, which bear a sentence of up to seven years in prison.