Lucknow: Three prisoners have escaped from the high-security Mathura jail in Uttar Pradesh early today, police said. Security has been beefed up.
The prison inmates, who escaped around 2 am on New Year day were housed in the 'youth barracks', an official told IANS. They have been identified as Shera, Sanjay and Baldev.
Where as one of the accomplices, Rahul, fell down and got injured as he was trying to scale the boundary wall.
After being caught, the prison authorities were interrogating him to ascertain the plans and whereabouts of the three fugitives.
The fugitives were housed in a barrack that had a tin shed.
Senior police officers were on the job to track them at the earliest.
(With inputs from IANS)
