Published On : Sat, May 16th, 2015

Nagpur Jail Break: Top officials re-enact modus operandi of the escapee

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Nagpur: Immediately after the successful trap and arrest of two out of five dreaded criminals who had escaped from the Nagpur Central Prison, top Jail officials including Director General Police Meera Borwankar, Prison Superintendent Yogesh Desai arrived in the city. They were present during the interrogation of the two dreaded criminals.

On May 16, 2015, the two of the five dreaded criminal who escaped from Nagpur Central Prison identified as Mohammed Shoaib alias Shibbu aged 25 years and Prem alias Nepali Salikram Khatri aged 21 years were taken to Nagpur Central Prison to re-enact the escape plan and route.

It could be recalled that the Nagpur Crime Branch succeeded in arresting two out of the five dreaded criminals who had managed to escape from Nagpur Central Prison identified as Mohammed Shoaib alias Shibbu aged 25 years and Prem alias Nepali Salikram Khatri aged 21 years came to a spot near Koradi near Bokaro Railway gate three days ago on May 14, 2015. The cops had managed to arrest the person who had sheltered them in Uttar Pradesh identified as Arman Munna Malik aged 22 years and a resident of near Urrai Mauni Temple, District Jalon Uttar Pradesh on May 14, 2015.

Re-enactment of modus operandi by accused in jail-break

In-charge of Maharashtra State Prisons, Director General Police Meera Borwankar, Prison Superintendent Yogesh Desai and other senior police officials had swooped down to Nagpur Central Prison on May 16, 2015. The top brass of the state prisons interrogated the two dreaded criminals to find out the exact modus operandi used by the accused in the jail break.

The criminals were taken to barrack No 6 in the big goal in the central Prison. During this re-enactment, the other prisoners were vacated and locked up in some other cells.

The cops had thoroughly interrogated the criminals and were made to show the entire jail break right from the planning, the smuggling of the hacksaw blade, the cutting of the iron bars, the escape route etc. This process took many hours. The criminals were made to show how they managed to scale the walls etc.

After that they were probed to ascertain, where they had escaped to. They were asked about the location of the remaining three prisoners, their abettors who had aided in their escape and sheltering after their escape etc.

After hours, the two dreaded criminals were brought out of the prison and taken back to Crime Branch.

While exiting from the Nagpur Central Prison, In-charge of Maharashtra State Prisons, Director General Police Meera Borwankar only said that they are trying to ascertain certain facts and are investigating about the remaining three dreaded criminals.

Nagpur City Police Commissioner Sharda Prasad Yadav while addressing the press meet immediately after arresting the two criminals had mentioned that at the moment, they can’t reveal everything to the media and when the right time comes, they will inform.