Overview
- An undertrial identified as Malik Hammad escaped after armed men intercepted a prison van on GT Road near Mandra on Tuesday and forced him out of custody.
- Police say officers tried to stop the suspects, the fugitive and his aides opened fire, two bullets hit the official vehicle, and a constable was struck but protected by a bulletproof jacket.
- Mandra police have detained and arrested multiple police employees including ASI Tauqeer Hussain, Head Constable Mehboob Khan and Constable Qasim Bashir plus one accomplice named Daniyal.
- A broad FIR was registered charging terrorism, criminal conspiracy, attempted murder and related offences, and investigators allege the escape was enabled by preplanned collusion that placed Hammad in a private vehicle.
- The episode follows a late-June prison-van breakout that prompted new transfer SOPs and now raises urgent questions about how those security rules were enforced and who will be held accountable.