4 Sangrur jail officials suspended

Sangrur, May 30

Two days after two prisoners escaped from the district jail, the authorities have suspended four jail officials for negligence and repatriated two employees of PESCO.

As per information, the suspended officials include Assistant Jail Superintendent Hari Singh, head wardens Jarnail Singh, Paramjit Singh and Joginder Singh. Despite repeated attempts, Jail Superintendent Balwinder Singh could not be contacted.

On Thursday, the jail authorities had taken Gurdarshan Singh, a murder convict, and Sandeep Singh, a convict in an attempt to murder case, to the fields within the prison complex. However, both managed to escape. When the jail authorities came to know about the incident, they informed the police. After getting the information, the police registered a case against the two convicts.

The escape has raised questions about the efficiency of the jail staff and police as the prison is located in front of Sangrur police lines.

Confirming the suspension, IG (Jails) RK Arora said further investigation was going on. — TNS