Overview

• Over 200 inmates, mainly facing drug and minor charges, fled after they were evacuated from their cells during a series of mild tremors in Karachi.
• Prisoners overpowered guards, seized weapons and forced open the main gate, sparking a shootout that left one inmate dead and several security personnel injured.
• By June 3, authorities had recaptured more than 80 escapees and established checkpoints across the city in a sweeping joint manhunt.
• The search involves police, Rangers, Frontier Corps, the Special Security Unit and Rapid Response Force conducting intelligence-led raids on suspected hideouts.
• Sindh leaders have ordered an inquiry into security lapses at Malir Jail and offered reduced sentences to any inmate who surrenders within one day of the escape.