Overview

• Police in Morigaon, Assam are searching for Jiarul Islam and Subrata Sarkar, who remain at large after fleeing the district jail.
• The escapees, from Missamari and Jagiroad respectively, were each serving 20-year sentences under the POCSO Act.
• Investigators say the pair cut through barrack window rods and scaled the outer wall using bedsheets and gamosas tied as a rope, with the items recovered at the site.
• Authorities suspect a hexa blade or tools from an under-construction building inside the campus were used to cut the rods, and the inquiry is ongoing.
• Senior officials are expected to inspect the jail following the second major breakout in about ten months, which previously involved a tunnel escape by five undertrials.