Overview

• Authorities said the attack occurred around 4 pm Friday in the jail kitchen, where the inmates snatched the main-gate keys and escaped within minutes as CCTV recorded the incident.
• The escapees were identified as Nakka Ravikumar, a panchayat secretary accused of pension fund misappropriation, and Bezawada Ramu, a property offender facing theft cases.
• According to the Anakapalli Superintendent of Police, one assailant struck Head Warder Vasa Veeraraju with a hammer while the other locked nearby guards in a room before both fled.
• Police registered cases of attempt to murder and escape from lawful custody and deployed multiple special teams to track down the pair, who remain at large.
• The injured head warder was hospitalized and reported stable, and the incident has raised questions about supervision and staffing at the roughly 16-capacity sub-jail.