Overview

• Two undertrials identified as Naval Kishore Mahawar and Anas (Anees) Kumar fled around 3–3:30 a.m. after removing bathroom window bars and using a garden hose to scale a 27-foot wall past a live high-tension wire.
• Anees was rearrested later the same day while Mahawar remains at large as police continue a manhunt.
• The prison department suspended 11 personnel, including the deputy jailer, after CCTV footage indicated guards were asleep during the breakout.
• Both men had been jailed on theft charges only days earlier, with admissions on September 15 and 17 respectively.
• Police and prison authorities have opened a probe that includes potential staff collusion and a review of security protocols, following earlier incidents such as an Instagram reel posted from inside the jail.