Overview
- The two men who scaled the front wall and escaped Central Jail Srinagar on Sunday were traced and arrested in Rajasthan on Wednesday after coordinated efforts by Srinagar and Rajasthan police.
- The detainees are identified as Farman Khan and Mukhtar Ahmad Gujjar, both undertrial in separate cases under Sections 3 and 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
- Police issued lookout notices, circulated photos at transport hubs and offered a reward during the multi-day search that led investigators to locations in Rajasthan reported variously as Rajgarh in Churu district and Sadanpora.
- Officials said formalities will be completed in Rajasthan before the two men are brought back to Srinagar to resume legal proceedings in the Lar and Soura police-station cases.
- The escape has triggered an inquiry into prison security at the high-security facility, and the case highlights routine interstate police tools such as mutual assistance and lookout notices used to recover fugitives.