Overview
- They arrived on Saturday in uniform in a private car with a document listing six prisoners but pressed to take only Bijendra Singh and Vansh.
- Jail staff verified with the court and police lines, found no authorized escort or vehicle, refused the handover, and the constables fled before being arrested that night.
- An FIR was lodged at Kavi Nagar police station under BNS sections 260 and 61(2), and both men were suspended, produced in court, and sent to judicial custody.
- Officials said mandatory transfer safeguards, including separate court communications, a designated jail van, and supervision by a sub-inspector, were bypassed.
- Investigators are examining financial dealings and records to trace accomplices, noting the targeted inmates face multiple cases in Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar.