A massive search operation is being conducted to find the absconding prisoners.
Itanagar, July 12 (IANS)| Seven under-trial prisoners escaped from the East Siang District Jail in Arunachal Pradesh by sprinkling chilli, salt and pepper powder on the jail guards. The police gave this information on Monday. A massive search operation was launched to nab the absconding prisoners soon after the undertrials escaped from the jail located at the district headquarters at Pasighat on Sunday night, a police official said.
Five prison guards were injured in the attack. About 100 prisoners are lodged in the district jail in East Siang district of eastern Arunachal Pradesh, which shares a border with Assam. The seven escaped prisoners have been identified as Abhijit Gogoi, Taro Hamam, Kalom Apang, Talum Paning, Subhash Mandal, Raja Tayeng and Dani Gamlin.
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