Life-term convict arrested 2hrs after escape from jail
Police yesterday arrested a man convicted to life-term imprisonment, two hours after he escaped from Rajshahi central jail.
Amar Kisku, 26, was arrested from the city’s Dingadoba area while he was walking on the railway track at 12:15pm, said Golam Ruhul Kuddus, deputy commissioner and spokesperson of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police.
Amar, a member of the Santal community, was arrested at the age of 18 in 2011, in connection with the gang-rape and murder of schoolteacher Moriam Murmu in the same upazila.
He has been in jail since then. In May 2012, he was convicted in the case and awarded with 60 years of rigorous imprisonment.
Three other accused -- Johan Marandi, Andrias Murmu, and Shawkat Iqbal -- were awarded death sentence in the case; according to the judgement, Amar was not given capital punishment considering his age.
At 10am yesterday, he managed to flee the jail, climbing over the high boundary wall of the jail, the police official said, quoting their sources.
No one from the jail authorities received phone calls despite repeated attempts, to comment on how the man escaped from jail.
However, the jail authorities filed a case against Amar with Rajpara Police Station, accusing him of escaping prison and hindering government activities, the police official said.
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